I have to admit that when I first heard the press release for this play, I was like - yay for RSL being back on the NYC stage etc... but the brief description of the plot left me feeling a bit...meh. Haven't we heard this story over and over?
I guess I was hoping that they would take the(yawn) story line and make something of it -As you suggested, saying something about class or betrayal etc... but it seems that the play just doesn't deliver!
I also find it a bit cringy that the play is autobiographical and therefore is essentially the playwright telling the audience how wonderful he is!
We had a couple of little discussions about the play over at RSL-Fans (what was RSL-Daily): http://rsl-fans.livejournal.com
Scroll through the Prodigal Son tag if you are interested in having a read (There is a post for all the critic reviews there too!)
One critic mused why 'an actor of Robert Sean Leonard's stature was drawn to it'. I wonder too... But knowing RSL, he probably was just happy to be back on the NYC stage and bag a job close to home! ;-)
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I have to admit that when I first heard the press release for this play, I was like - yay for RSL being back on the NYC stage etc... but the brief description of the plot left me feeling a bit...meh. Haven't we heard this story over and over?
I guess I was hoping that they would take the(yawn) story line and make something of it -As you suggested, saying something about class or betrayal etc... but it seems that the play just doesn't deliver!
I also find it a bit cringy that the play is autobiographical and therefore is essentially the playwright telling the audience how wonderful he is!
We had a couple of little discussions about the play over at RSL-Fans (what was RSL-Daily): http://rsl-fans.livejournal.com
Scroll through the Prodigal Son tag if you are interested in having a read (There is a post for all the critic reviews there too!)
One critic mused why 'an actor of Robert Sean Leonard's stature was drawn to it'.
I wonder too... But knowing RSL, he probably was just happy to be back on the NYC stage and bag a job close to home! ;-)