They can finish each other’s sentences and anticipate each other’s every sigh, … The constraints of its genre are too bizarre not to have been chosen deliberately, just as Wohl deliberately constrained “Small Mouth Sounds” by setting it at a wordless spiritual retreat, and “Make Believe” by using the playacting of children as a medium for dramatizing mistreatment.January 23, 2020: No doubt Wohl and her play have an appealing, compassionate spirit (first on displayed in the playwright’s well-received Off Broadway plays American Hero and Small Mouth Sounds), and that goes a long way: Grand Horizons (the title is the name of Bill and Nancy’s senior community) is a comfortable, comforting entertainment, its jokes more funny than not, its performances, by and large, expert.
But just as they settle comfortably into their new home in Grand Horizons, the unthinkable happens: Nancy suddenly wants out. For those few minutes, at least, Grand Horizons achieves a poignancy and depth that have otherwise eluded it.January 23, 2020: While Cromwell plays curmudgeon with crotchety perfection, Alexander imbues her sometimes enigmatic character with some real nuance — and she lands her punchlines like a pro. Therein lies a tale of family tragedy and dead bodies—and a tragedy will eventually affect Kipps even more directly.The frights are visual, but accentuated thanks to a combination of arresting illuminations, darkness and noise (the combined work of director Robin Herford, designer Michael Holt, Anshuman Bhatia’s lighting, and Sebastian Frost’s sound). Cromwell’s Bill is gruff, yet dreams of becoming a stand-up comedian.As Nancy, Alexander applies a wry, sometimes lacerating perspective to everything around her. The actor’s name is withheld “to keep the suspense alive,” a show spokesperson informed The Daily Beast.
Like, how much else even is there?” says Ben.Shocked Brian picks up a guy, Tommy (Maulik Pancholy), for sex, but in a very funny scene of mixed signals and misunderstandings, loses it when he thinks Tommy is suggesting they act out an incestuous sexual role-play. Grand Horizons is a co-commission from the Williamstown Theatre Festival, which presented the world premiere (which also featured Park, Lopez, and … To call “Grand Horizons” one of the brightest shows to hit Broadway in years is not to tout its intelligence, which flickers.
Bess Wohl is headed to the Great White Way. Synopsis: "Bill and Nancy have spent fifty full years as husband and wife.
by Bess Wohl Originally produced at Williamstown Theatre Festival, Williamstown, MA July 17 - 28, 2019. Alexander and Cromwell are marvels, pros elevating their material with subtlety and bring-it-home delivery.January 24, 2020: To be sure, the gender divide may be more flexible than in days of yore and the sex jokes may be raunchier. The “Small Mouth Sounds” playwright’s next production, “Grand Horizons,” will bow on Broadway at the Hayes Theater in December, The New York Times reports.
They put plates down and arrange the table without a word, until sitting down, Nancy announces, “I think I would like a divorce.”.The couple themselves seem firmly committed to their future single lives. Bill and Nancy have spent fifty full years as husband and wife. But there's one thing nobody could have anticipated: Nancy wants out.
Jane Alexander and James Cromwell are brilliant as two parents planning to divorce in “Grand Horizons” on Broadway.
But just as they settle comfortably into their new home in Grand Horizons, the unthinkable happens: Nancy suddenly wants out.