I have to say I strongly disagree with you about Superior Donuts and thought it was a crap script — and I loved August: Osage County not to mention Bug and Killer Joe! Jon Michael Hill is incredible, though, I agree about that.

I also got to see A Steady Rain at a matinee last week and despite the steady panning of critics, I thought it was great. Daniel Craig, in particular, is just as fantastic a stage actor as his non-Bond film work would lead one to hope. Jackman doesn’t bring a lot to the role, but he’s solid enough for an almost thoroughly despicable character. I think if this was an off-broadway production with two equally talented but less-well-known actors, it would be getting raves as the sleeper hit of the season with a surprisingly deep script that stuns with its power of moving description that subverts the “show, don’t tell” mandate. Though it’s sold out and only runs to Dec. 3, I think that lovers of serious two-hander shows would be fools to miss it; if you have a chance and the dollars to spend, go to the theater shortly before curtain and see if you can buy tickets off of one of the middle-aged matrons scalping hers because she is a slave to the reviewers.

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