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...evening on a weeknight, the last thing a student like me wants is more class. And yet I felt like I should be taking notes during The Lyric Stage of Boston’s pedantic production of “Miss Witherspoon,” by Christopher F. Durang...
...Miss Witherspoon” is not one of Durang’s best plays. Its whisper-thin plot barely covers what is essentially an exposition of the playwright’s personal theology. Miss Witherspoon (Paula Plum) commits suicide, and on her way through the “bardo” (a holding room for unfulfilled spirits that contains a curious mix of Eastern, Christian, and New Age religious ideas), learns to appreciate life on earth, finally making peace with the universe...
Most of the blame for this not-quite-good production goes to director Scott Edmiston, who directed “Miss Witherspoon” as a light-hearted take on dark themes. Such an interpretation misses the point of the play. Durang is dark first, funny later, and Edmiston’s direction leaves the play in dramatic limbo—not quite sad, but not quite funny, either...
...point, Miss Witherspoon describes herself as “a woman with poor follow-through and little bravery,” which is a pretty apt way to describe the production as a whole. On the bright side, I did pick up a few pointers on how to cleanse my aura...
...placing the Republicans in the uncomfortable position of having to prove a negative - that there was nothing important in e-mails they can't produce. Given the performance of Waxman and New York Senator Charles Schumer over the last three months, there's little reason to think they'll miss that opportunity...