Altman fails to bring Miller's last play to life; FIRST NIGHT Resurrection Blues Old Vic.

From: The Evening Standard (London, England) | Date: March 3, 2006 | Copyright information

Byline: NICHOLAS DE JONGH

NOT even a couple of Hollywood stars, under the directorial control of that legendary filmmaker Robert Altman, will save this late, last play of Arthur Miller's from receiving a one-way ticket to the theatrical mausoleum.

Resurrection Blues turns out to be a towering embarrassment, a chunk of satirical-religious anecdotage, whose British premiere has all the allure of a sagging derriere. Altman's production is not what you would expect of the movie great man either. Its jerky, slow-moving pace incites irritation, while some of the actors such as Neve ...

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