Brack's Last Bachelor Party

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What a great idea Sam Marks had when he came up with the concept of Brack's Last Bachelor Party, now being presented by the Babel Theatre Company at 59E59 Theatres. While the work suggests the missing events that might have taken place at the fateful party in which Eilert Lovborg self-destructs in Henrik Ibsen's Hedda Gabler, the play and its production does so little justice to the concept. Making matters worse, Marks gets no help from Geordie Broadwater, who has directed a cast with little regard for the chemistry between his players.

In the original masterpiece, Hedda is at home with Lovborg's current lover and collaborator, Mrs. Elvsted, while Lovborg (Michael Crane), the powerful Jud[...]