Thummer Thtock

Rabbit Hole by David Lindsay Abaire. New Century Theatre, Northampton, MA.

First time I’ve seen this piece. First time I’ve had the opportunity to see anything by this celebrated writer. I’m always curious to see what is bringing critical and commercial success to my colleagues. Accent on the commercial. What is it that producers are buying? What are subscription audiences being programmed to adore?

Of course I’d heard brilliant things about DLA and this play, and I was expecting to be dazzled. I wasn’t—although the production here is solid in most every way. I just kept waiting for the play to arrest me somehow, show me something new or startling, lead me somewhere I haven’t been before. I waited in vain.