Another evening, another show... went with Kendall to see WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? tonight at the Apollo Theatre.

Edward Albee's coruscating marital drama is masterfully directed by Anthony Page - whose production of Tennessee Williams' THE NIGHT OF THE IGUANA is on next door to this theatre - and brings out nuanced, human-scale performances from his cast of four, Kathleen Turner and Bill Irwin as Martha and George, David Harbour and Mireille Enos as Nick and Honey. The shadows of Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton still linger 40 years after the Mike Nichols' film of the play but Turner and Irwin hold the stage, Irwin in particular playing George as a needling teasing sarcastic bantam. Turner comes into her own in the third act delivering Martha's soliliquy with a wistful regret, rising to the final game with George only to be left broken by his revelations. Thrilling, funny but ultimately sad, Edward Albee's play still proves itself one of the greatest of American dramas.