Monday, March 5, 2007

49. "The Sisters Rosensweig" by Wendy Wasserstein

photo: Henry Leutwyler
Mama, izzatchu?
Perhaps I'm desensitized and having Baranski overload after having seen her in "Regrets Only" and then the "Follies" concert, but in last night's special one-night-only reading of "The Sisters Rosensweig," she gave her best performance of the season as Gorgeous Teitelbaum. Maybe it was because she was sitting next to Stockard Channing, who could heal sick children and the disabled with the touch of her hand, but those two women gave excellent performances, even for a reading. During the intermission, a bunch of rich old Jews (it was a benefit!) gathered in the bathroom, and while staring at themselves and praying for a miracle at the urinals, I over heard one of them say "That Robert Klein! He's the best. He's really stealing the show." Oh please.