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How much would it have shocked the philosopher to catch a glimpse of our ravaged earthor our monstrous leader?
Does either sister truly want the thing shes dedicated her life to?
Have both deceived themselves about their ambitions, their desires, their essential natures?
ButWaldenisnt a play made up of claws-out shouting and shattering, melodramatic reveals.
Rather, its about people struggling to love each other as the doomsday clock ticks toward midnight.
Its also about that impossible choice: Bravely stay or boldly go?
I didnt feel like this.
While her Cassie marches in full of seemingly combative opinions (Hes an EA?
I mean, Ive always loved space because Stella loves space, she tells Bryan, sounding suddenly childlike.
It is me, but its me because of Stella.
Bryan listens, a little guarded but rapt.
I dont know, Im not like that.
I need to talk when Im upset.
I need to throw shit.
Whats left isnt nothing; instead its a very different something, poignant in its sincerity and befuddlement.
Rossum gives Stella both a willowy-ness and a sparking current of anxiety that separate her from her sister.
What do peopledoout here?
And I guess Ive started to see how nice it is to just live a quiet life.
), the playwright Julia May Jonas is riffing more directly on Arthur Miller.
What matters are the facts, she says icily.
A Woman Among Womens chief draw is that it keeps you on your toes.
Parodies of men, she says, recalling her rebellious youth.
Shes no longer among but damningly alone with herself.
Waldenis at Second Stage Theater through November 24.A Woman Among Womenis at the Bushwick Starr through November 17.
