Clyde’s
Written by Lynn Nottage
Directed by Kate Whoriskey
2nd Stage at Helen Hayes Theatre
December 28, 2021
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💉💉💉 out of 5.

As the play began, I knew I was not going to like this play at all, but, as I left the theatre, I began to like it more and more.  I believe the reason I got such a negative start had to deal with my seats.  I was lucky/unlucky to score seats in the center section right in the second row.  I had a clear view of the stage and all was good – – until the lights went down.  From the very first moment all things on stage were SO loud and SO overplayed and SO working more to get an audience to laugh rather than settling down and trying to bring us into the world of the play.  A perfect example is the character of Letitia twerking away for sake of the audience before we even know what/who she is in the play.