Rugs? Her Bella sometimes so surprises herself with a turn of phrase that Cromer has her write it down on a little notepad, which is a welcome note of humor: They show us how a writer’s narcissism can be a buffer against death itself. Rapp creates an enigmatic puzzle out of the very personal story Bella is crafting and the one written by Christopher, which also contains dark hints of autobiography embedded in its mounting dread. Adam Rapp’s play, starring Mary-Louise Parker, can’t get out of its own head. Posted Oct 17, 2019 . Or will they hear this woman out?

The Sound Inside is a brilliant and unsettling portrait of a person who may escape death, but never the compulsion to transcribe that sentence that won't quit your head. All rights reserved.

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Don’t make me laugh.) As hard as these formidable artists work to achieve that intimacy, the house utterly defeats them. (Pillows?

But so too are Dostoyevsky and “ Old Yeller ”; one of the things that makes “The Sound Inside” so thrilling is its full engagement with tragedy. After dropping in some descriptive prose to suggest the literary designs behind this meta-theatrical approach, she continues: "Is this audience friendly, she wonders?

Studio 54 is exactly the wrong theater for it.

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