Boston Marriage

February 12th, 2006
Geffen Playhouse, Westwood
David Mamet Comedy, went with Troy

Starring Mary Steenbergen, Rebecca Pidgeon and Alicia Silverstone.

This Victorian comedy of manners is about two lesbians, a servant named Katherine and an emerald brooch. It's an entertaining potpourri of language and wit.

Pidgeon and Steenbergen flew through the demanding dialogue without so much as a slip, tearing the English language a new one. And Alicia Silverstone was the real surprise as a Scottish maid who took the air out of the sails of these very loquacious women. Alicia really was a breath of fresh air, and handled the accent with ease. Rebecca Pidgeon reminded me of a youthful Joanne Woodward, and Mary Steenbergen was eloquent and dryly sarcastic as the story's fulcrum. And the costumes and wigs were also a hoot!

Solid production, fun play. Not for the underexposed. Reviewed as "wickedly funny." I'd say it was more charmingly, cleverly funny. We're fast David Mamet fans now.