Hollywood Diary

comedy · teatro de la o · Ages 18+ · United States of America

world premiere
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Review by CHARLES ZIARKO

June 28, 2017 certified reviewer

What I liked

Simple smart set in a surprisingly small and boxy space, and couture clothes.

What I didn't like

The script, which just rehashed long-dead material, senselessly set in 1964!

My overall impression

No surprises here! Careless culling of long-ago scandal now officially Old News, senselessly set in 1964 (when Hedda H was actually 78, months from death, and Mary Astor was 2 decades younger), but played by two perky youngsters in glamorous couture clothes. Utterly immobile insult slugfest: two women walk in, sit down, and sling insults for exactly an hour. Simple smart set and costumes can’t carry it that long. Genevieve Joy (ala Kristin Chenoweth) might make a zingy Zza Zza but overacts broadly as HH; Kat Brower gets more mileage out of making Ms Astor a cool customer, neither of them historically accurate anyway.

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