Overview
- The Off-Broadway revival opened March 19 in the House of the Redeemer’s library as an environmental presentation limited to 99 audience members nightly.
- Tony winner Rob Ashford directs, with Charlotte d’Amboise adding a masked, spectral presence to a work originally conceived as a solo play.
- Notices range from praise for the intimacy and Ferguson’s energetic, up-close performance to critiques of a dull tone, off-target vocal choices, and thinly felt wit.
- Jay Presson Allen’s play draws entirely on Truman Capote’s words, set in December 1975 following Esquire’s publication of the Answered Prayers excerpt “La Côte Basque, 1965.”
- The engagement has been extended through May 3, with the production presented by Seaview and partners at the Upper East Side venue.