When even the great Christine Baranski gives a boring performance, you know a production is in deep trouble directorially.
This technically gorgeous staging works well when we're with the acting troupe preparing its version of "Pyramus and Thisbe." Those parts of the play are cleverly directed and beautifully performed. However, the rest of the plots - especially the one about the two pairs of young lovers - don't work at all, despite an extremely talented cast.
Legendary director James Lapine tried something different here, and the result is a decent but largely unengaging production that seems much longer than it actually is.
This technically gorgeous staging works well when we're with the acting troupe preparing its version of "Pyramus and Thisbe." Those parts of the play are cleverly directed and beautifully performed. However, the rest of the plots - especially the one about the two pairs of young lovers - don't work at all, despite an extremely talented cast.
Legendary director James Lapine tried something different here, and the result is a decent but largely unengaging production that seems much longer than it actually is.