Nick and Nora's banter sags in City Lit's 'Thin Man'
THEATER REVIEW: "The Thin Man" ★★ Through Oct. 11 City Lit Theater, 1020 W. Bryn Mawr Ave.; Running time: 2 hours, 20 minutes; Tickets: $25 at 773-293-3682.
I’d like to have encountered Nick and Nora Charles at least a couple of weeks after their scheduled opening at the heart of City Lit’s ambitious, new dramatic adaptation of Dashiell Hammett’s “The Thin Man.” The thing about witty repartee is that it doesn’t play unless those in the game really have it down. And while Wm. Bullion certainly looks and acts like a Nick, and Christina Gorman certainly looks and acts like a Nora—and who wouldn’t want to have a well-lubricated, mutually adoring marriage like theirs—the leading actors’ comfort level with the material is not yet sufficient for an audience to be comfortable hearing them spit out their bons mots.
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