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...drama revolves around the relationship between Kit (Rebecca Howe) and Milly (Elsie Marks), two school cronies who rival each other inspite of their longstanding friendship. Kit, sophisticated and cosmopolitan, writes quality books that don't sell. Milly, banal and spitefully petty, writes trashy romances that make the bestseller's list. Milly accuses Kit of luring her husband (Jamie Wolf) and daughter Deidre (Nora Jaskowiak) from her; Deidre unwittingly sweeps Kit's boyfriend Rudd (Matthew Haynes) off his feet. None of this, however, is powerful enough to shatter the relationship between the two, which somehow manages to transcend all differences...
...tension that these rivalries create--and the bond that keeps them together--is never developed in the play. When Deidre asks Kit why friendship is so important to her, she answers with seeming disinterest...
Unfortunately, the cast fails to capitalize on the script's potential. The acting seems as flat as the champagne bottle Kit uncorks each time she drinks her way through woe. The audience waits for a fizz, but instead all we get is an occasional fizzle...
From the opening scene between Kit and Rudd, the play begins its descent downhill. Though Howe makes a noble attempt to enliven the show with frequent gesticulations and facial expressions, she fails to interact with the others on stage. Her performance fluctuates depending upon the scene, unlike her voice which seems locked in an interminable monotone. Haynes encounters similar difficulty. His emotions vary little throughout the performance, and he generates about as much enthusiasm for proposing marriage as he does when discussing the weather...
...Mark's performance stands out as charismatic, it only serves to reinforce how pathetically mundane and melodramatic the rest of the show seems. Kit and Milly's final toast to "old acquaintance" appropriately underscores the painful irony of the entire performance--that the story's central relationship is never truly developed...