made of flecks of light and dark and parasols
I just stepped out of a solid production of Sunday in the Park with George. It's biggest issue was the lack of the way that Mandy Patinkin says the word "red," which is nobody's fault. (Ok, technically, there were other issues- the actress playing Dot didn't have a lot of power in her voice, and George also had some occasional pitch problems, but that's the sort of thing you know when you've been listening to Mandy and Bernadette since you were a teenager). I was so pleased that a girl I met and will be working with this fall got to go on today as the Nurse- I ran into her in the lobby while waiting to get a rush ticket, and promised her to Woo! during the curtain call.
But that's not what I'm here to say.
I am here to say that my biggest takeaway from Act II (infamous for being the weaker of the two) is that CLEARLY, I AM MEANT TO SHIP GEORGE/DENNIS, Dennis being George's tech collaborator for his chromolumes (here played with scads of nebbish charm). BECAUSE SERIOUSLY. His departure is CLEARLY a parallel to Dot's (they both leave because they need something different than what George can give them, after playing a key role in his art). Dennis loves and understands George's art, and despite moving on (see what I did there?), he supports George unequivocally in whatever he does next. George, of course, has a failed marriage already and while we don't know why they split, it is OBVIOUS, AMIRITE? GEORGE IS COMING TO TERMS WITH HIS GRAND PASSION FOR DENNIS. All the awkwardness when Marie is urging George and his ex to have children and no one is explaining is CLEARLY because neither of them knows how to explain the situation.
TAKE THAT, SONDHEIM. I CRACKED YOUR CODE.
But that's not what I'm here to say.
I am here to say that my biggest takeaway from Act II (infamous for being the weaker of the two) is that CLEARLY, I AM MEANT TO SHIP GEORGE/DENNIS, Dennis being George's tech collaborator for his chromolumes (here played with scads of nebbish charm). BECAUSE SERIOUSLY. His departure is CLEARLY a parallel to Dot's (they both leave because they need something different than what George can give them, after playing a key role in his art). Dennis loves and understands George's art, and despite moving on (see what I did there?), he supports George unequivocally in whatever he does next. George, of course, has a failed marriage already and while we don't know why they split, it is OBVIOUS, AMIRITE? GEORGE IS COMING TO TERMS WITH HIS GRAND PASSION FOR DENNIS. All the awkwardness when Marie is urging George and his ex to have children and no one is explaining is CLEARLY because neither of them knows how to explain the situation.
TAKE THAT, SONDHEIM. I CRACKED YOUR CODE.