The Vertical Hour

Although we rarely go to Broadway shows (or because of this), my lady got me tickets to go see The Vertical Hour for Christmas. We went last Saturday and despite the not-so-hot reviews I’ve read and my sometimes complete dislike for Julianne Moore, I tried to keep an open mind.

The play is basically about the conversations and revelations had by an ex-war correspondent (Moore) on her one night visit to her current boyfriend’s (Andrew Scott) father’s (Nighy) house in a Whales.

I really loved Bill Nighy. He was both sincere and at times hilarious, but unfortunately, I just couldn’t feel anything for Moore’s character. She seemed to beg and plead for the audience to care about her problems and issues, but that may have been part of the problem. She kept saying “I” this and “me” that giving her the appearance of thinking herself so damn important. You just wanted to tell her to get over herself.

In the end, it was a great experience to check out the show and I actually did enjoy myself. I should remember to try checking out some more contemporary theater.

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