Washington Post Review
Friday, January 12, 2007
"As the play's snarling older couple -- vindictive George and predatory Martha -- the twitchy Irwin and husky-voiced Turner made for an intriguing pairing from the start. (Irwin won a Tony for his portrayal, but Turner's was equally accolade-worthy.) The many months they have spent onstage together have allowed them to seal the impression of a truly diabolical domestic bond -- a marriage marinated in bile.
This is, as a result, an even funnier, tarter, more poisonously evolved version of the play. Albee's zingers have never seemed more lethal. Turner's Martha has grown needier, fouler. She's also more callous -- in the way that someone with a penchant for sucking the air out of a room doesn't care who else's oxygen she's hoarding. Her boozy come-ons to Nick, a receptive young academic operator, are positively chilling."
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