#The testament of mary reviews full#
Toíbín, who originally conceived the work in 2011 and based his novella of the same title on it, has so successfully humanized his towering subject that he never needs to mention the name of her sonJesus Christto arrive at a full and arresting understanding of what her experience must have been. Whether you intellectually (or spiritually) agree with, or even merely tolerate, this interpretation of mankind's most famous mother, writer Colm Toíbín, director Deborah Warner, and actress Fiona Shaw strive nonstop to emotionally justify it in this fascinating but flat one-woman play. Her only experience is loss: the unfettered understanding that, regardless of what the rest of the world may have gained, she no longer possesses the one thing in life that was dearest to herand that's an agony that no one else can never completely know. For the woman at the center of The Testament of Mary, which just opened at the Walter Kerr, there's no history, there's no pomp, there's no promise of an infinitely better future beyond her field of vision. More than anything else, you feel the pain. Tues 7 pm, Wed 2 pm, Wed 8 pm, Thur 7 pm, Fri 8 pm, Sat 2 pm, Sat 8 pm, Sun 3 pm. Schedule: Please Note: There will be NO LATE SEATING once the performance has begun. Children under the age of 4 are not permitted in the theatre. Running Time: 90 minutes, with no intermissionsĪudience: May be inappropriate for 14 and under. Theatre: Walter Kerr Theatre, 219 West 48th Street between Broadway & 8th Avenue Original music and sound design by Mel Mercier.
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