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Sometimes its located underneath a stately mansion.
I kept waiting for the turn, the slap in the face.
Its got a long view, but it never really leaves the comfort zone.
Its not 2015 anymore, and its time to cut T.J. down to size.
Really, people, what could possibly go wrong?
readsSally & Tomsown press copy and yet the tension on stage feels muted, the tone straddling the fence.
It gets hyped and hyped and then, when we get to hear it, it falls flat.
Are we supposed to think shes really good or not?
Thinking that we could make a difference.
Luce:I wish I could be tired.
I wish I could afford to be tired.
What do you even believe in?!
The debate is too binary, too expected.
And as Scout, Chomet outshines her surroundings every time she enters.
Shes braving caricature and emerging triumphantly on the other side.
Im Thomas Jefferson and I owned people, Eberts Tom says to us at the climax of Act One.
Contemplate for a moment, if you will, the depth of what that means.
He tells us about Sally: I was in my 40s when I met her.
She was just 14.
My face is on Mount Rushmore.
I am the Man.
What mightSally & Tomhave been if its ambiguities always felt so charged and deliberate?
Its strange that the plays potential resonates most strongly through Toms voice, not Sallys.
Parks) shows us on that front ever clicks into sharp, sure focus.
If anything, what we do get feels overly tinged with sentiment.
Why are we left awaiting an impact that never comes?
Sally & Tomis at the Public Theater through May 12.
