Seattlest: ACT's Uneven Eurydice Meets Death Halfway

waranne

Sat, 20 Sep 2008 19:38:10 -0800

I attended this play based on positive reviews in the Seattle Times and Weekly. What a slow motion bore - the story was buried in staginess. I was searching hard for ideas (hoping to glean even one profound idea), but this was like waiting for an actor to slowly build a room out of string (which happened) before some tidbit of dialogue could advance the story to lord knows where. I mainly wanted to praise your reviewer and I promise to read your reviews in the future before wasting my time and money.

MvB

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:47:38 -0800

As a matter of fact, bilco, I have had a diving board installed, just recently! Okay, okay, I misread the swimming pool concept somehow--but that is a storm sewer grate at the bottom. No pool would have anything that large for a drain. Which is fine--the concept allows for weird mismatching. I saw people who were definitely moved by it, as well. I just couldn't find a way in.

bilco

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 12:59:07 -0800

which is done in blue bathroom tile and has a sewer grate in the floor. Ah, no, it's a swimming pool. That's why there's a diving board - what does your bathroom look like, anyway? White rusted pipe rail around the perimeter? That said, I have to agree this was a disappointing production. I just couldn't get emotionally invested in any of it. However, a woman - directly across from me - was sobbing and drying her eyes at the final scene. Go figure.