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Adam Driver knows how to make fun of himself.We know this.
I should rephrase: Make fun of and star are reductive.
When an actor like Driver drops in on the stage, its not tourism; its a homecoming.
So, it turns out, is the play hes doing right now.
So begins possibly the most egocentric quest to humble oneself the stage has yet seen.
Seems like it is, Jimmy ventures after a loaded pause.
Red like a rose in the shape of a hand) theyre all monumentally absurd.
Have a really bad day.Have the worst day of your life.
Thats pretty much what Strings is doing as he Hulk-smashes from one terrible decision to the next.
ThoughHold on to Me Darlingconsistently hits the smaller laughs, it starts to lose large-scale steam soon after intermission.
See Strings drink PBRs with his brother Duke (C.J.
See Strings blow up his whole life and buy a local feed and hardware store.
See Strings never say no.
See Strings run from Nancy, from Essie, from Jimmy, from his lawyers, from most everything.
Jesus Christ on the Tour de France!
Jesus Christ in a hand-wove dashiki!).
Pepe and Lonergan may in fact be caught in a catch-22.
Play up the farce and potentially lose the opportunity to help the play find its sense of greater purpose.
Hold on to Me Darlingis at the Lucille Lortel Theatre through December 22.
