Theater Review: Tony winner DavidCromer directs MaryLouiseParker and Will_Hochman in the stunning Broadway debut of playwright Adam Rapp (kidsandwolves), 'The Sound Inside'
— Adam Rapp's bio lists him as the author of nine published novels, a detail not unrelated to his Broadway debut.is an emotionally layered two-hander in which the process of writing, reading and analyzing fiction is an inextricable part of how we come to know and care about both characters, played with moving restraint by a superb Mary-Louise Parker and impressive newcomer Will Hochman.
Parker commands the stage with such calm assurance that it's hard to imagine anyone not being transfixed by Bella's story and the unpredictable paths it takes. While constantly chiding herself for using devices she discourages in her students' writing, she opens up her world to us, recapping her thoughts on God, her 10-year tenure at Yale, her pride in her carefully curated book collection: "I'm a whore for first editions.
Cromer brings the shifting two-character dynamic into play with uncommon grace as Bella's office materializes in a boxed-in area center-stage and Christopher appears framed in the bright light of the open doorway. Their exchanges at first are spiky, with Bella ruffled by his refusal to follow the online appointment protocol and Christopher explaining that he doesn't do email.
Any further details of the plot would mar the sobering surprises of this profoundly affecting and melancholy drama, as Christopher first agrees to Bella's shocking request but then leaves the momentous task only half-finished. Rapp creates an enigmatic puzzle out of the very personal story Bella is crafting and the one written by Christopher, which also contains dark hints of autobiography embedded in its mounting dread.
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