Theresa Rebeck is a playwright of almost unlimited talent. In her plays Maritus [about greedy stamp collectors] and The Scene [about love and lust Hollywood style] Ms. Rebeck addressed her subjects with biting humor and devestating insight. In her latest play The Understudy this talented playwright is at the top of her game and has delivered a bitingly funny look at the underbelly of the acting world.
It concerns a movie star who gets a part in a Broadway play and the man hired as his understudy. The understudy knows that he will never go on, but he keeps hoping. It takes place at a dress rehearsal run by a talented, bossy stage manager,and deals with the everyday problems of putting on a Broadway show.
Under Scott Ellis's astute staging the cast of three is excellent. In his live acting debut, Mark-Paul Gosselaar is hilarious as the star, Justin Kirk is just a funny as the standby waiting to go on,and Julie White is superb as the stage manager.
Once again Theresa Rebeck is in top form and The Understudy is bitingly funny and devestatingly insightful.
At THE LAURA PELS THEATRE 111 WEST 46th STREET N. Y. C.
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Definitely piques my interest to see it.
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