BWW Reviews: Kathleen Turner Replicates the Excessively Open Political Wit of Molly Ivins

What better actress to portray Ivins than the impassioned Turner. With her husky vocal tones deeper and friskier than ever, she sweeps gleefully through the evening relishing every second. At play's end, she reaches out in Ivins' fervent manner for others to wave the baton, which is unnecessary. Everyone, or most, are hanging on to every word, arduously in her camp. Producers take note: not to put down Matthew Van Oss as the office assistant, who makes three or four entrances mainly to move furniture, but adding another character to the play, especially one with no dialogue, seems futile in these trying economic times. John Arnone's basic set design is greatly enhanced by the background screen upon which a mulitude of slides and photos of Ivins' life are shown. Nice touch that the real Ivins is there and not Ms. Turner, as the two bear quite a physical resemblance.