[EDNote: Interesting coincidences department:
Nabokov stopped in Ridgefield, Connecticut in 1941 to discuss with
Mikhail Chekhov a possible stage adaptation of Don Quixote
(Brian Boyd, American Years, 26). The project was abandoned.
It also happens to be the town where yours truly grew up and was a
delivery boy for the quoted newspaper . . . .~SB]
The
News-Times
Complete
review at following URL:
http://www.newstimes.com/ci_11943182
This
comedy-drama is about a queasy subject
Provocative
Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Paula Vogel has run at the Ridgefield
Theater Barn
By Chesley Plemmons
Theater Critic
Updated: 03/18/2009
06:46:11 PM EDT
Let me candidly admit
that I have never been as bowled over by the work of Paula Vogel as
many critics. Her plays, including "How I Learned to Drive," currently
at the Ridgefield Theater Barn, "The Baltimore Waltz" and "A Civil War
Christmas" have always seemed longer on concept than on solid theater.
[ ... ]
"How I Learned to Drive" is a difficult
assignment for the director, actors and audience. The story is about a
genial pedophile and a provocative "nymphet" with the playwright
admittedly inspired by Nabokov's "Lolita." "Drive" puts the theatergoer
in the awkward position of having to judge or accept the ongoing,
unsavory relationship between an older man, Uncle Peck (Tom Sheehan)
and his young niece, Li'l Bit (Barbara Marks).
[ ... ]
This production contains adult themes, language
and content and is not suitable for younger audiences.