‘Closer’ by McGill Player’s Theatre

'Closer' at Player's Theatre

A provocative play of modern relationships as four lovers become entangled in a web of love, lust, sex, and betrayal.

(In 2004 there was a movie under the same title with Jude Law, Natalie Portman, Julia Robers, Clive Owen.)

The pace of the play varied. The third act was a farce, which is where the actors and audience finally loosened up or, in some cases, woke up. The rest was not for people with ADD, with interesting and well-developed dialogues it was more of a food for thought kind than keeping you on your toes kind. Listening to and watching the character of Alice working as a stripper one had to wonder how come women are so great at impersonating these “free-spirited” souls. Larry’s character (medicine doctor) turned out to be an interesting one for it had the ability to observe, analyze and learn from his experiences and in my opinion was the eventual winner of the whole… mess.