I found myself at first annoyed by Christine Lahti and it took me a while to discover that I wasn't annoyed with the actress, I was annoyed by her character. She was closed-off, a little one-note and very reserved. Not only until she (Spoiler alert) vomited all over the living room did she (not Lahti but her character) open up. She slowly peeled away all of the layers until we got to see the truth behind this troubled, bottled-up little woman. This can easily go for the entire cast but it especially goes to Lahti, who's performance I grew to be very charmed by.
The play was like an onion, slowly peeling away the layers of gentility, well-bred behavior, class, status, until all that was left was an animalistic, shattered mess of what we really are. As Michael's character puts it: "Neanderthals". It was true ugly humanity exposed under the charming track-lighting of upper class intelligentsia. I must say after seeing it, I respected the play much more and really enjoyed myself.
One thing I'd like to add that's a little unrelated: after the show my boyfriend and I went to look for a place to go have a drink before dinner. On total accident, we came across Don't Tell Mama's, a piano bar that I used to sing at frequently back when I used to sing. We came in, sat down, had some drinks and a fantastic time listening to great music and joking with the regulars. What a nice walk down memory lane that was and a way to make new memories as well. I recommend the place. The people are nice and the drinks are really well-priced at happy hour.
