Fuse Theater Commentary: On "Absence" and the Presence of Understudies
I had the opportunity to see two performances of Peter M. Floyd's Absence at Boston Playwrights' Theatre. The opening weekend ran with understudy Kippy Goldfarb in the central role. Later I saw Joanna Merlin, who had been muffled by laryngitis, perform the part. The evenings' differences, seemingly slight, were significant.