“Extraordinary how potent cheap music is!”
I will admit that I was a bit nervous as to how Kim Cattrall would fair onstage in Private Lives, but not nervous enough to keep me from buying a ticket. Noel Coward’s Private Lives is a classic comedy about an ex-husband and wife, Elliot (Paul Gross) and Amanda (Kim Cattrall), who wind up staying in adjacent hotel suites on their honeymoons with their new beaus and end up running away together because their attraction to one another is just that strong. Their new husband and wife, Victor (Simon Paisley Day) and Sybil (Anna Madeley), find them a few days later in an epic brawl in Amanda’s flat in Paris and they question what they should do going forward - make-up? Divorce?
The cast is absolutely stellar with not a weak link on the stage. The sets are beautiful and the direction is great. I waited after the show to get Playbills signed for my two Sex and the City-obsessed best friends and Ms. Cattrall was gracious and signed my three playbills without question. She’s also quite beautiful up-close!
Private Lives is a classic and this production would make Mr. Coward proud.
