{"id":459334,"date":"2022-06-08T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-08T02:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/sarah-silvermans-life-makes-a-leaky-musical\/"},"modified":"2022-06-08T05:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-06-08T02:00:00","slug":"sarah-silvermans-life-makes-a-leaky-musical","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/sarah-silvermans-life-makes-a-leaky-musical\/","title":{"rendered":"#Sarah Silverman&#8217;s life makes a leaky musical"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2f4ead885a5\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2f4ead885a5\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/sarah-silvermans-life-makes-a-leaky-musical\/#%E2%80%9CSarah_Silvermans_life_makes_a_leaky_musical%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Sarah Silverman&#8217;s life makes a leaky musical&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CSarah_Silvermans_life_makes_a_leaky_musical%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Sarah Silverman&#8217;s life makes a leaky musical&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<p>The new musical \u201cThe Bedwetter,\u201d based on co<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>n Sarah Silverman\u2019s memoir, is not as tight as a fitted sheet.<\/p>\n<p>Potential abounds in the tangled show, which opened Tuesday night off-Broadway at the Atlantic Theater Company, especially in its central idea: that, to the mile-a-minute mind of a 10-year-old, waking up wearing wet pajamas can feel as emotionally traumatic as an adult dealing with divorce or depression. Life already sucks, even at 10.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Bedwetter\u201d uses little Sarah\u2019s nighttime problem as an insightful window into the struggles of the eccentric grown-ups in her family.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-module inline-module--review alignleft\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__inner\">\n        <span class=\"inline-module--review__eyebrow widget-heading-semi__label\"><br \/>\n            Theater review      <\/span><\/p>\n<p>        2 hours, with one intermission. Atlantic Theater Company, 336 W. 20th\u00a0St.\n    <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>That smart framework screams out for a bold and moving musical. So why does it come off so slight and tentative? <\/p>\n<p>Holding the show back the most is an understandable flaw, considering the piece is about a famous person: There is way too much Sarah in it.<\/p>\n<p>At the start, the exuberant and proudly weird girl (Zoe Glick) shows up for her first day at a new school in Bedford, New Hampshire, and introduces her family in peppy song.<\/p>\n<p>Her pop (Darren Goldstein, perfectly cast) owns Crazy Donny\u2019s Factory Outlet, a discount women\u2019s clothing store; her old-Hollywood-obsessed mom,\u00a0Beth Ann (Caissie Levy), spends most of her days in bed reeling from a tragedy; her teenage sister Laura (Emily Zimmerman) is too ashamed to so much as make eye contact with Sarah; and Nana (Bebe Neuwirth, miscast) is an acerbic alcoholic who has her granddaughter whip up Manhattans.\u00a0Sarah grins and bears it, says \u201cf\u2013k\u201d a lot and makes fart noises.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/BEDWETTERDress.0219.2.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Sarah (Zoe Glick) and Laura move to Bedford, New Hampshire, in &quot;The Bedwetter.&quot; \" class=\"wp-image-22568314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/BEDWETTERDress.0219.2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/BEDWETTERDress.0219.2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/BEDWETTERDress.0219.2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Sarah (Zoe Glick) and Laura (Emily Zimmerman) move to Bedford, New Hampshire, in \u201cThe Bedwetter.\u201d <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Ahron R. Foster<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Comparisons to \u201cFun Home,\u201d another autobiographical musical about similarly aged kid with an unusual family dynamic, are unavoidable. However, while that show went deep into the stormy lives of Alison Bechdel\u2019s parents, \u201cBedwetter\u201d is mostly a light, young-adult-style tale about Sarah. We don\u2019t delve into her family nearly enough, and when we do, it\u2019s casual and fleeting.<\/p>\n<p>The humor also isn\u2019t so sidesplitting as to make up for giving other characters the cold shoulder.<\/p>\n<p>In the musical\u2019s book, by Silverman and Joshua Harmon, nothing is as hilarious as her stand-up or the fabulous \u201cSarah Silverman Program.\u201d And the jingle-like tunes by Adam Schlesinger, the \u201cCrazy Ex-Girlfriend\u201d songwriter who sadly died of COVID in 2020, don\u2019t get laughs like \u201cI\u2019m F\u2013king Matt Damon\u201d from \u201cJimmy Kimmel Live\u201d or \u201cNobody\u2019s Perfect\u201d from Silverman\u2019s music-heavy special \u201cJesus Is Magic.\u201d <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/BEDWETTERDress.0438.2.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Nana (Bebe Neuwirth) drinks non-stop and makes a joke out of it.  \" class=\"wp-image-22568315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/BEDWETTERDress.0438.2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/BEDWETTERDress.0438.2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/BEDWETTERDress.0438.2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Nana (Bebe Neuwirth) drinks nonstop and makes a joke out of it.  <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Ahron R. Foster<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Most of the funny is front-loaded into Act 1 (the booze gags are grating). Then in the second half, after Sarah\u2019s friends (Charlotte MacLeod, Charlotte Elizabeth Curtis and Margot Weintraub) discover her bedwetting secret and a careless doctor prescribes Xanax for her outbursts, she becomes a shell of herself. A ghost. Noticing her grief, Nana and Beth Ann elaborate on the difficult roads they\u2019ve also walked. Finally the show begins to be about something \u2014 but it\u2019s too late.<\/p>\n<p>Steeper hills to climb than the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">script<\/a> are Anne Kauffman\u2019s clueless direction and Laura Jellinek\u2019s threadbare designs. The Silverman house, Nana\u2019s abode, the school and a hospital room are all identical save for a bed here and a desk there. Bland walls rotate to reveal blander walls with a single sad shelf holding a few trophies or a TV set. For the theater that has housed Best Musical Tony winners like \u201cSpring Awakening\u201d and \u201cThe Band\u2019s Visit,\u201d plus the upcoming \u201cKimberly Akimbo\u201d on Broadway, this set is surprisingly dowdy and devoid of character.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/BEDWETTERDress.0081.2.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"The musical's most poignant moments belong to Caissie Levy as Sarah's mom Beth Ann. \" class=\"wp-image-22568311\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/BEDWETTERDress.0081.2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/BEDWETTERDress.0081.2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/BEDWETTERDress.0081.2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The musical\u2019s most poignant moments belong to Caissie Levy as Sarah\u2019s mom, Beth Ann. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Ahron R. Foster<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Kauffman, a pro at ushering new plays to the stage, lacks musical theater chops. The numbers (choreography is by Byron Easley) feel as if they were improvised at the last minute. And when characters speak, they are often propped against a wall on the side of the stage, half visible, not landing jokes because the jokes haven\u2019t been visually set up or properly paced.<\/p>\n<p>The most poignant and attention-grabbing scenes belong to Levy, in part because of her open-hearted portrayal of a person experiencing immense pain, but also because the bed she sits in is center stage. We can fully see her.<\/p>\n<p>There are three superb comic performances: Goldstein bopping his head during a cheesy \u201980s commercial for Crazy Donny\u2019s is a scream; Rick Crom plays some wacko doctors and does a spot-on Johnny Carson; and Ashley Blanchet is campy as the fantastical Miss New Hampshire.<\/p>\n<p>But they are all stymied by a production that is barely half-finished. The neglected \u201cBedwetter\u201d needs some Pampers. Er, sorry \u2014 pampering.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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Potential abounds in the tangled show, which opened Tuesday night off-Broadway at the Atlantic Theater Company, especially in its central idea: that, to the mile-a-minute mind of a 10-year-old,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":459335,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/BEDWETTERDress.0613.2.jpg?quality=75&strip=all&w=1024","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[70897],"tags":[130030,65953,70731],"class_list":["post-459334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-6-7-22","tag-sarah-silverman","tag-theater-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459334","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=459334"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459334\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/459335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=459334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=459334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=459334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}