A Liaison

It was indeed a glorious opportunity to see Laura Linney in the Roundabout production of Les Liaison Dangereuses. Last time I saw it was at Melbourne Theatre Company and I'm sure it was John Stanton in the the role Le Vicomte de Valomont (just checked and yep he played the role).
The costuming was fabulous- those frocks of Laura Linney's were frocks to die for. The set was an interesting use of curtains and curtaining and I liked the final scene where it had all fallen apart and so had the set and curtains.
The NY Times review described the opening as "hedonism becomes a gravitational force in Ben Daniels’s compelling turn as an 18th-century libertine in “Les Liaisons Dangereuses,”I couldn't agree more he was glorious and believably tormented by the change in his feelings and relationships- unlikeable but still understandably in a difficult place even if it is of his own making.
Laura Linney was described by the NY Time as having "established herself as an actress of peerless emotional transparency, capable of conveying a multitude of conflicting feelings through minimal means.
Here she is required to wear a mask of hypocrisy, and it doesn’t fit.' Unfortunately I have to agree but she is so beautiful and so wonderful to watch in all she does. Her program notes had "Jindabyne" listed first in her list of films- perhaps that was from most recent to earlier but great to have an Australian film listed in the program.
Despite all that I did enjoy the play and didn't have the nasty egg eaters near me or struggle with the temperature of the theatre. It was a good afternoon at the theatre.