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My review of Globe Theatre’s production of Marion Bridge…
…has already shown up online, even though it won’t appear in print until tomorrow. This is the first time I’ve seen something I’ve written pop up that far ahead of the ink-on-paper version, though maybe I just haven’t noticed until now.
The review begins:
I confess that I went into the opening night performance of Marion Bridge at Globe Theatre feeling skeptical.
The premise, after all, sounds like the set-up to a joke: “A nun, an actress and a soap-opera addict walk into a kitchen …”
Not only that, the fact the three are sisters home together — in Cape Breton, no less — for the first time in years because their mother is dying made me fear I faced a turgid evening of stereotypical CanLit dysfunctional-family angst.
But thanks to Daniel MacIvor’s sharp writing, unexpected story twists, and above all top-notch performances, Marion Bridge won me over.
Permanent link to this article: https://edwardwillett.com/2010/01/my-review-of-globe-theatres-production-of-marion-bridge/
