Save this article to read it later.
Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection.
You cant keep the theater down for long.
Im trying to place it.
Through each tiny laptop lens, we even see some charactersmoreclearly.
She plays both stillandtroubled waters, and both run deep.
(Tonight, by the way, lasts for four days.
you might watch the playhereuntil Sunday.)
Dialogue ambles, sometimes backing and filling (Didnt I tell you this?
I thought you knew this) to give everything a thrown-away casualness.
Any time a character says a writer friend told him something, youre hearing Nelson quote himself.
If someone discusses an artwork, youve been given a code-key.
One has a tidbit from the familys history; one has discovered a titillating authorship mystery.
During that story, I didnt once think about a pandemic, Barbara says after Jane finishes.
Forget your troubles, travelers.
Stay with us for a story or two, then hit.
YetWhat Do We Need to Talk About?pumps fresh blood.
Nelson has always served actors well, but here, whats good is better.
And third, its just so damn welcome.
It seemed like someone was always dying in those plays, just offstage.
I paused the video for a minute before the show ended because I was getting overwhelmed.
