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I was improvising during my introduction scene in Act One, which everybody just loves!
she chatters to her husband Bill (Daniel Oreskes) at the start of the play.
I dont even know how I do it.
Its like I leave my body and enter some kind of fantasy!
… Of course, it helps to be surrounded by such a wonderful ensemble.
Lorraine thrives on attention and affirmative cliches.
But Darbys arrival digs up all the ugly dirt.
She is, unsurprisingly, also awful as selfish as her mother, but the self-righteous millennial edition.
Shes a smug, bratty terror, and Lorraine-as-Sarandon gets applause when she finally throws Darby out.
What are we getting from this plodding display of different breeds of rampant egotism?
Do people like Darby exist?
It feels easy and junk-food-y, a satire of empty calories.
At the very least, we should feel some pity for her.
But Eisenberg is so glib and Sarandon so unconnected that we feel nothing.
Thank you, Bill: I feel represented.
Happy Talkis at the Signature Centre through June 16.
