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VICTOR SLEZAK. That's the actor whose depth and truth makes Eugene O'Neill's A Moon For the Misbegotten at Pittsburgh Public Theater something to grab you and stay with you long after the stage lights have dimmed. Slezak exceptionally brings but O'Neill's tender, insightful compassion for a character drawn from the writer's own dark family life, in a performance expertly shaped and shaded by director Pamela Berlin.
[Beth Wittig]'s take on [Josie] early on seems broad and heavy-handed, but it turns out that that's a protective shell, consistent with O'Neill's intention. Wittig needs cracks in that shell sooner and more clearly. Ultimately, she becomes convincingly real, vulnerable and tender. As [Phil Hogan], Tom Atkins pulses with charming vitality and inner warmth even when peeking through the miasma of drunkenness.See the full content of this document
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A Moon for the Misbegotten
A Moon For the Misbegotten
VICTOR SLEZAK. That's the actor whose depth and truth makes Eugene O'Neill's A Moon For the Misb...See the full content of this document
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