![]() ![]() You’re more likely to experience chills sitting in a tepid bath at home. Never mind that we start off in darkest, deepest winter in an isolated gothic farmhouse as thunder cracks and lighting flashes. The production … stars a vacant Bruce Willis (in his Broadway debut) and a hardworking Laurie Metcalf sustains a steady, drowsy room temperature throughout. Though it is based on one of Stephen King’s most terrifying novels, the stage version of Misery will not, I promise, leave you cold with terror. ![]() His Sheldon is a little weary, a little resigned, but not especially like a man in mortal jeopardy. ![]() We will only believe in Paul’s peril if Paul believes in it, and Willis, though well-cast (taciturn suffering has more or less become his thing), just doesn’t seem particularly endangered. But here the suspense is almost nil – and not only because most attendees have read the book or more likely seen the 1990 film. Misery seems meant to inhabit the same territory as successful theatrical thrillers like Wait Until Dark or Deathtrap. ![]()
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