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Good Acting, Choreography Review by: Carol, Nov 18, 2011 |
In reprising the 1965 musical On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, Harry Connick, Jr. stars as Dr. Mark Bruckner. The show has been updated and set in 1974 with a respectful nod to the demonstrably gay community in Greenwich Village by author Peter Parnell, vice president of the Dramatists Guild. Broadway newcomer Jessie Mueller as Melinda Wells is especially talented and effective as the woman inside of Bruckner’s patient David Gamble (David ... read more Turner).
The era of psychoanalysis and the line between patient and psychiatrist blur in a convoluted plot that was the original criticism of the play. Only the title song by Alan Jay Lerner is familiar. The real attraction of this incarnation of the production is the multi-talented Connick. The audience went wild about him as the doctor presenting Patient D’s history to a psychological convention both as he entered and took his curtain calls. Indeed, the acting was superb, and the choreography by Scott Taylor was impressive with the never-ending love triangles and unrequited love woven into the plot. It’s a good evening of top-notch performance of a mediocre play. |
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I saw this show with:
Spouse/Partner
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Recommended for:
Adults
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