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REPORTER-RESEARCHERS: Audrey Ball, Nancy Newman, Zona Sparks (Senior Staff...
...dynamic between Salie and Lucano works wonderfully. Audrey and Victor flirt and argue wildly back and forth. Audrey is a demanding character: a pouty, overly cute teenager who in fact is a talented artist with real substance. We rarely find this risky combination of adolescent coquetry and artistic depth, but Salie succeeds in merging the two. Victor is sweet, but has a quick tongue; Lucano plays the role of the older man with charm, not smarm...
Nell Benjamin and Daniela Raz, playing a panoply of parts, provide crucial humor. Benjamin, as both a California "gag me with a spoon" type and a ditzy New York socialite, is hysterical. Raz, as Audrey's obsessive, freaked out mother captivates with her hilarious pronouncements. She fulfills the demands of Hartman's elaborate characterizations flawlessly. These two are a pleasure to watch...
Howie Axelrod comes into his own as Audrey's far out and goofy California boyfriend--he utters his hippie platitudes with just the right combination of humor and perplexity to endear him to us without distracting us from more important characters...
...play draws to a close, the two couples rendezvous in the metropolitan Museum of Art. O'Keefe urges Audrey to leave Victor. "Not again, Alfred, never again," she says, implying her regret over their love affair...