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Remember the food pyramid?
With its big solid base layer made of bread, cereals, rice, and pasta?
Usually theres a couch or a bed.
Pop music and cell phones.
People wear sensible shoes.
Its solid and fluid, predictable but not monotonous.
And the results are fine.
Weve built our national theater on a foundation of fine.
But is the earnest, small-cast, contemporary issue drama truly anyones favorite kind of play?
Though by the time we meet her, she no longer seems certain.
Shes tense and nervous and doesnt want to be touched.
She stares at her husband, Doug (Daniel Jenkins), like shes never seen him before.
And she cant stop cleaning.
Did you ever have a serious conversation about sex with him?
Charlotte asks Doug, on the verge of tears.
Then her eyes glisten with panic as she seeks the enlightened Joeys absolution: Private parts.
Livingston is giving a sharp, layered, relaxed performance that tenses up at just the right moments.
Something Cleanis at the RoundaboutsHarold & Miriam Steinberg Center through June 30.
