No Doubt About It

Well, I saw Doubt Saturday night and I have to say that all the hype is completely justified. Doubt is the kind of show that reaffirms my love of theatre. I was glad to see that the theater was very full and the sound problems I noticed with Golda's Balcony were resolved. All the actors were very easy to hear, and not just when they were shouting. The show deserves all its accolades and awards, particularly Cherry Jones. She, and Sister Aloysius, is a force and nothing stands in her way. The other three performers all held their own though. It was truly an ensemble effort. The script reminded me of Shanley's Moonstruck in the way that it deftly wove humor into the early scenes, particularly in the way that the characters were so true to their roots (the 1906's Irish Catholic Nun at a parochial school in the Bronx, etc.) and then slowly stripped away the stereotypes to reveal the humans at their core. Unlike Moonstruck though, there was no love in these characters, other than possibly Mrs. Muller, and I don't think there's any child that would want her kind of love. This is truly the show to see at the first opportunity. It will stay with you for a lifetime.