The Best Of Friends presented by Washington Stage Guild at Undercroft Theatre

The Best Of Friends

Undercroft Theatre
900 Massachusetts Ave. NW Washington

What did an eminent museum curator, a Dominican Abbess, and George Bernard Shaw have to say to each other? Plenty! The Best of Friends gives us Shaw himself, largely in his own words, along with two extraordinary figures from the early 20th century. Sidney Cockerell was the influential curator of Cambridge's Fitzwilliam Gallery, and Dame Laurentia McLachlan was a cloistered Benedictine nun whose work on restoring Gregorian Chant to its intended purity was respected throughout the world.

Presented by Washington Stage Guild

Thru - May 29, 2010

Thursdays: 7:30pm

Fridays: 8:00pm

Saturdays: 2:30pm & 8:00pm

Sundays: 2:30pm

Price: $40 - $50

Show Type: Comedy/Drama

Running Time: 2 hrs, 5 mins; one intermission

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The Best Of Friends Reviews

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Washington Post - Recommended

"...The second act switches focus from religion to mortality, and the curator, Sir Sidney Carlyle Cockerell, takes on a greater role. David Bryan Jackson is fine as this largely contented, inquisitive culture hound, but Cockerell simply isn't as interesting as the nun and the playwright. Still, it's a quick-witted evening, with Whitemore and the actors coasting on the perpetual surge of three generous and often sparkling minds."

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- Nelson Pressley

Washington Examiner - Recommended

"... Since all Whitemore's material is drawn from letters, public articles and speeches, the play could easily become dry and static. But as directed by Alan Wade, the production flows smoothly and quickly from one speaker to the next, who appear in different combinations on Jessika Watson's handsome set, which provides a central chair and bookshelves for Cockerell and a church pew for Dame Laurentia. Shaw doesn't need a place to perch: He breezes on- and off-stage giving the impression of a man who moves and thinks at warp speed at all times."

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- Barbara Mackay

Washington City Paper - Recommended

"...Shaw (Bill Largess), as you might expect, has the best lines, but Dame Laurentia McLachlan (Catherine Flye) lays firm claim to the plucky sunshine concession, while the man who brought them together, Sir Sydney Cockerell (David Bryan Jackson), dithers congenially enough to hold his own."

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- Bob Mondello

DCTheatreScene - Somewhat Recommended

Here is a play about – and I hope this is not a spoiler – three people who are the best of friends, mostly taken from the letters they wrote to each other. You see the problem immediately: friendship is ennobling and a great bulwark against the world’s cares, but unless it is tested in some way, it is not the stuff of great drama.

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- Tim Treanor

The Best Of Friends presented by Washington Stage Guild at Undercroft Theatre