A new play by Paul Weitz that puts a dominatrix, her boyfriend, and unhappily married couple center stage. Wowza! An all start cast rounds out the production - Zach Braff, Bobby Cannavale, Sutton Foster and Ari Graynor.
Unfortunately, I thought Sutton Foster was mis-cast as Prudence, the dominatrix. While she was serious, she still seemed too innocent, too sweet, and too - well - mid-western. I think a much better choice would have been Mary Louise Parker - she does crazy well. Bobby, Zach and Ari fit nicely in their respective roles - Zach being the main guy, Harry, who is a rich, twisted, and lonely married man.
The presentation seemed like too many vignettes. Scene changes took a while. We bounced around a lot. Not bad overall, just got tired of it after a while. In the end, a lot of suggestive S&M, but the most flesh we saw was the ever-hot Bobby rip his shirt off in the throws of passion on the couch. Yum. The story had 4 lose ends to wrap up and I'm not sure any of them were. Left you wondering. In one sense, thought provoking, in another, incomplete.