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(Guettel himselfis also in recovery.)
Guettels score is worth waiting for, even constrained by the directness of the premise.
All this kept me at a distance from the emotionsDays of Wine and Rosesintends to find.
Kirsten and Joes dissolution, though telegraphed and executed with precision, is more abstract than gutting.
The approach is decorous.
As the show neared its end I wanted more of that thing Kirsten herself sings about: Danger.
This is a play thats comfortable leaving a lot of gaping wounds bleeding while still being quite funny.
Ron tells Ricky and all are self-deceiving about their own faults.
Balancing that aggression, however, is supernatural horror.
Between scenes of the three siblings reuniting and fighting, there are other strange happenings around their fathers house.
There are flickers of possible messages from the television.
Days of Wine and Rosesis at the Atlantic Theater Companys Linda Gross Theater.Wet Brainis at Playwrights Horizons.
