The star power of Oscar Isaac and Rachel Brosnahan brings life—but not sense—to “The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window.” Read TimTeeman's review:
as his wife Iris—and one standout performance, Miriam Silverman as Mavis, Iris’ judgey, supposedly anti-Semitic sister, who injects significant pep into the grind of the evening.
Isaac and Brosnahan capture the couple’s slinky sexiness and smarts; whatever problems they have, they are extremely attractive and hot for each other while having it. They have chemistry, and enliven the play with physical crackle, whether dancing, stretching, or falling on to couches. But Sidney’s right-on persona barely conceals more traditional sexist parts of Sidney’s behavior.
Silverman as Mavis, who may be perceived as the interloper for her conservatism, is the most welcome presence on stage. Her line, “Theyou have to talk about!” was greeted with a ripple of appreciation by the audience this critic sat in. “I am standing here, and I am thinking: How smug it is in bohemia,” she says—and she’s spot-on.Mavis in 'The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window'
Mavis’ judgment, bracing as they are, also provoke in David the thought that he “really must look into what makes the majority so oppressively defensive,” which echoes down the years now in the society-wide backlash—“the war on woke”— against progress and demands for equality for various marginalized communities. However, there is no natural alignment between the marginalized in “Sidney Brustein.
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