Greenleaf is riotous as the high-strung lawyer who is constantly interrupting the conversation with calls on his cell phone, displaying the actor’s impeccable comedic timing. Similarly talented are the parents of the aggressor son, Alan (Andrew Greenleaf) and Annette Raleigh (Lauren Kieler). Sanders is splendidly passive aggressive as she snipes about the son of the other couple, the Raleighs, “armed with a stick” and “disfiguring his playmate.” Harbaum is sidesplitting in his defense of the murder of his daughter’s pet hamster “Nibbles” and his straightforward declaration that “children consume our lives then destroy them.” Equally typical, yet somehow very unique, is Sanders as Veronica. Sanders as the uppity liberal writer and Harbaum as the typical masculine mans-man wholesaler are spot-on in the characterizations. The quintessential upper middle class couple are a hilarious pair. The show is set in the home of Michael (Bob Harbaum) and Veronica (Alyssa Sanders) in the Cobble Hill neighborhood of Brooklyn. It is filled with light humor with dashes of laugh-out-loud moments from its more than able cast, as the couples go from vigilant allies to turbulent foes. This production of God of Canage isn’t a laugh-out-loud comedy. All the design elements are very modest, but effective, including the lighting design by Nate Collard, because the show is not about the décor or set – it is about the relationships four characters intertwined in turmoil over the recent brawl between their two 11 year-old sons, and the comedy that ensues. Adkins take a stab at God of Carnage, and come up with a solid effort.ĭirector Adkins and Producer Bob Scott have designed a very simple set and minimalist, black and white doorways and furniture with touches of red in the decor (they also provided the sound design). Renowned Silver Spring Stage and Director Adam R.
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(L-R) Bob Harbaum (Michael), Alyssa Sanders (Veronica), Lauren Kieler (Annette), and Andrew Greenleaf (Alan).
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Harden won the Tony for playing Veronica and the show was also honored as Best Play and Best Direction of a Play for Matthew Warchus. nominated for Tony Awards for their performances. Taking Broadway by storm -all four actors-Jeff Daniels, Hope Davis, James Gandolfini, and Marcia Gay Harden. After critical success in Europe it opened with a new American twist by Christopher Hampton opening on Broadway in 2009.
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God of Carnage, originally Le Dieu du Carnage, was written by famed Art playwright Yasmina Reza ( ART), and was first produced in 2006.