Samuel J Friedman Theatre,New York
Unfocused, anemic and astonishingly trivial, and the only audience members likely to be scandalised by this adultery drama are those who need to get out moreThe playwright Richard Greenberg has a flair for middle-lesson aphorisms: “Air conditioning is the key to civilization.” “The potato chip is nature’s most perfect food.” And the actor Linda Lavin still looks improbably chic in a trench coat and heels.
whether this were enough to sustain the two-hours traffic of our stage,then Our Mother’s Brief Affair would be scintillating stuff. It is not. Unfocused, anemic and astonishingly trivial, or this drama of family and memory has somehow found its way to Manhattan Theatre Club’s Broadway berth.
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Source: theguardian.com