Holding Tight to Grief While Struggling to Move On
Charles IsherwoodSeptember 14, 2010: Much care has been taken to provide an appealing frame for Lucy Thurber’s play “Bottom of the World,” which opened on Tuesday night at the Atlantic Theater Company’s Stage 2. Walt Spangler’s elaborate set is dominated by an impressive wooden structure suggesting the expansive reach of an old tree. On the platform provided by one of the sturdier branches, two excellent musicians supply bluegrass music, evocatively used to add emotional coloring to various scenes. Live music is a rare and appealing luxury at a modest Off Broadway production like this.
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