My thoughts on Coram Boy

Last night I went to see Coram Boy, Broadway's latest British import. The play is, in its broadest terms, about families--those we're born into and those we make--and the costs of following your passions/obsessions. The script was moralistic and the direction was broad, though. I wouldn't have been surprised had one of the actors pulled out an actual soapbox and stood on it to give his lines. They play is oddly both frenetic and sluggish; there is much running around on the stage without a lot of plot progression. It has a three-hour running time, and, unfortunately, it felt it.

That said, it has amazing choral singing and some of the most beautiful staging I've ever seen. I'm glad I saw it, but I won't rush back to see it again.