Charles Brantley in the New York Times says "meh." http://tinyurl.com/6ntos8k But both reviews are positive about Candice Bergen's turn as the wife of a philandering but basically decent politician challenged by a slick, unscrupulous upstart for the nomination of an unspecified political party.
In a New York Magazine interview published last week, Bergen admits to having had a stroke back in 2006 and suffering memory loss. She also admits, "I don't look like I used to look....I just don't care enough, and in a way that's saved me." Though the interview emphasizes a surprising frailty in Ms. Bergen, I'm betting she's a lot stronger than that. Trying Broadway at 65 is not for the faint of heart.
Although the original play and the revival are both set in 1960, the revival has cast James Earl Jones as a former president. I say in that same spirit, the producers should let Ms. Bergen do a round robin with lead John Laroquette so that every other night she plays "The Best Man" and he can play the long-suffering spouse. Ms. Bergen can give her memory a workout, and Broadway will get an energized--and relevant--revival. Photo is from the New York mag article. Here's the link: http://nymag.com/news/intelligencer/encounter/candice-bergen-2012-4/
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