Channeling Kevin Spacey

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Company: Wolf and William Productions

Genre: Play Comedy

Venue:1 John Hirsch Mainstage

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Wolf and William Productions gives us an extremely funny walk along the fine edge between mundane reallife and extreme movie life.

Charlie, our hero, seems unable to shake the weak, Kevin Spacey-esque persona that has allowed him to be thedoormat for everyone in his life. His recourse - to switch to Al Pacino instead - is less "breaking free" and more "train wreck,"but the impressions are fantastic.

Both actors' transitions are sharp,shiny and their characterizations use sleaze,smarm or sweetness as appropriate.

There are harmless cracks in the fourth wall which they used to extemporize, adding to the laughter if not necessarily to the coherence of the overall show. Skilled work without doubt.

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