Annex Trampolines All Over Love's Tangled Web

Published April 22, 2009 at 11:45 p.m.

It seems likely that you either love these people immediately, or you don't. (Exiting, though, will take bravery--you have to walk up toward the stage to leave. Not that getting in isn't easy, either. We arrived early and had the door shut in our faces. We knocked, and people inside laughed and said merrily, "They'll figure it out!" Meanwhile, the Seattle Weekly reviewer got locked out at intermission.)

The first act is best--Sylvia is the play's self-obsessed motor, and when the tables turn and she gets her comeuppance, much of the good, cruel fun heads off in search of a better party. And the cast tires, too, and lets their mannerisms become theatricalisms as the play coasts in for its bumpy landing. Pass the time by recalling the best lines to repeat as you leave the theater.

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