Longacre Theatre - 220 W48th st (Bway/8th ave)

One of those high-profile revivals of classical American theater on broadway, that somebody once likened to high-school theater really well done... Understandably, high-budget Broadway is rarely the place for innovative experiments but generally shows solid execution - at the highest level of professionalism that money can buy.

Albee shows emotional violence with his particularly brilliant signature intellectual twist. Absolutely sick and yet delightful for anybody who can't help but feeling fascinated by the precision and cruelty with which the 2 main protagonists go at each other without hardly raising their voice or breaking any china or furniture. Maybe because I had seen the excellent movie version before, I found this stage productions at times too detached and playful to appear to be more than fun and games. I never got the impression that the situation had finally gotten out of hand, that something beyond the usual was going on at George and Martha's, that they would finally push each other over the edge. Except in the 3rd act, the emotional intensity heats up and the scenes deserves a special award for the best "killing of an imaginary person"...