Word: doubtã
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...Doubt.” If I had walked into the theater with no expectations, I might have really enjoyed myself. The show isn’t bad—in fact, it’s good—but considering its Tony- and Pulitzer-winning pedigree, “Doubt?? should have been great...
...including its highly acclaimed director Doug Hughes and star Cherry Jones (“Ocean’s 12,” “Erin Brockovich”). What it can’t hold onto is the energy necessary to keep a show like “Doubt?? afloat...
...playwright John Patrick Shanley’s own words, “Life happens when the tectonic power of your speechless soul breaks through the dead habits of the mind. ‘Doubt?? is nothing less than an opportunity to reenter the Present.” That’s a tall order for any play, particularly one that clocks in at about an hour and a half. So it feels odd to say that “Doubt?? should be tighter, quicker, faster-paced–anything to wake up the play?...
...actors also seem more than comfortable in their roles. Jones first played Sister Aloysius in the Off-Broadway run of “Doubt?? late in 2004 and continued in the part to Tony-winning success. Her take on the nun is unsweetened, to paraphrase Sister Aloysius’s own words, yet sympathetic enough that the audience is able to see the tenderness into the gnarled exterior. McGarry has worked with Shanley on four previous occasions, and his experience is evident in Father Flynn’s wonderfully authentic urban Irishness. Joyce also ably conveys Sister James?...
...What really makes this production sag seems impossible, given that Boston is the show’s first stop on a 12-city tour: This show is tired. “Doubt?? should play like a segment on “Hardball”: dense, decisive, and with little time for contemplation. There is just a little too much dead air in this production, a few too many pauses for characters to ponder, and the result feels more like an episode of “The Today Show” made of pretend news and cut with plenty...