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\"misery0\"Misery<\/em> on Broadway – What Every Other Review Won’t Tell You
\nby Jason Sechrest<\/span><\/h2>\n

In the Fall of 2015, <\/span>Misery<\/span><\/i> came to Broadway \u2013 but that\u2019s not necessarily as bad as it sounds. <\/span><\/p>\n

The stage adaptation of the novel by Stephen King made its run at the Broadhurst Theater from November 15<\/span>th<\/span>, 2015 to February 14<\/span>th<\/span>, 2016, starring Bruce Willis as romance novelist Paul Sheldon (who has suffered a near fatal car accident in a snow storm), and Laurie Metcalf as Annie Wilkes, his “#1 fan” who has rescued him from said crash only to hold him captive in her home. <\/span><\/p>\n

Now, we could have reviewed <\/span>Misery <\/span><\/i>on Broadway during its run, but where is the fun in all that? If the good folks at Cemetery Dance Online had decided to go in that direction \u2013 if they\u2019d conformed to societal norms, and done the thing that\u2019s been done and done better before \u2013 then what you\u2019re about to read would have been just another one of your standard play reviews; a soapbox moment the likes of which you\u2019ve already seen from more so-called reputable sources like The New York Times<\/em> (they hated it), or Variety<\/em> (they <\/span>really <\/span><\/i>hated it), in which those who can\u2019t act opine on those who can; those who know nothing about directing feel justified in telling you how they\u2019d have done it; and, most discouragingly, those from whom you\u2019ve never sought advice feel compelled to give it to you all the same. These are not so much reviews as they are report cards, never revealing too much about the play itself, especially when it comes to one like <\/span>Misery<\/span><\/i>, for fear of \u201cspoilers,\u201d because after all, aren\u2019t we all really just going to see how they pull off that crazy hobbling scene? And so, no. We\u2019ll not be providing you with that old chestnut: your standard play review. Not today.<\/span><\/p>\n

On the contrary, Constant Reader, we know what you want, and what\u2019s more we know that you\u2019re busy. We\u2019re willing to take a wild guess that you are among the 99.999999% of the world population who didn\u2019t actually get a chance to see <\/span>Misery<\/span><\/i> on Broadway and, as such, you don\u2019t want a spoiler-free review. You want to be spoiled. So that is what we intend to do. We\u2019re going to let you know what really happened on that stage, with as little critiquing as we can get away with. <\/span><\/p>\n

And so, without any further ado, here are the things every other review won\u2019t tell you about <\/span>Misery<\/span><\/i> on Broadway.<\/span><\/p>\n

Saying that <\/span>Misery <\/span><\/i>on Broadway is the stage adaptation of the novel by Stephen King isn\u2019t entirely accurate. More precisely, it is the stage adaptation of the film adaptation of the novel by Stephen King. <\/span>Misery <\/span><\/i>on Broadway was written by William Goldman, who also penned the screenplay for the Academy Award-winning film. Goldman saved the ink in his little red pen as if preparing for an editorial drought, hardly making a mark on\u00a0what he\u2019d originally adapted for Warner Bros. in 1990 (side note: Warner Bros. produced this play), and while lovers of the movie will certainly rejoice in that, fans of King\u2019s novel would have perhaps preferred to see something fresh with a new adaptation, something that reads closer to King\u2019s original prose. Large chunks of the dialogue from the movie remain intact, including Annie\u2019s speech about how they always cheated in chapter plays (<\/span>\u201cHe didn\u2019t get out of the cockadoodee car!\u201d<\/span><\/i>), her explanation of why Paul\u2019s new novel has no nobility (<\/span>\u201cWhat do you think I say when I go to the feed store in town, ‘Oh, now Wally, give me a bag of that F-in’ pig feed, and ten pounds of that bitchly cow corn!’\u201d)<\/span><\/i>, her issues with Paul\u2019s first draft of Misery\u2019s Return<\/em> (<\/span>\u201cMisery was buried in the ground at the end, Paul, so you\u2019ll have to start there.\u201d)<\/span><\/i>, the dialogue between them at the dinner table (<\/span>\u201cMy secret is, I always use fresh tomatoes, never canned. And to give it that extra zip, I mix a little Spam with the ground beef.<\/span><\/i>\u201d), and the dramatic climax in which Paul screams bloody murder as he shoves his burning novel down Annie\u2019s throat (<\/span>\u201cEat it! Eat it till you choke, you sick twisted fuck!\u201d).<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

The music is also the same. Well, almost. Michael Friedman provides some light tinkling of a score in the background at times when it\u2019s much needed, but for the big scenes you\u2019ve still got those same Liberace records of Annie\u2019s playing the same tunes they played throughout the film (\u201cI\u2019ll Be Seeing You\u201d is played as the light comes up, after the final curtain as come down). \u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Even the iconic hobbling scene plays out exactly as it did in the movie (in the book, Annie cuts off Paul\u2019s foot with an axe), with “Moonlight Sonata” being played distantly in the background as Annie whispers, <\/span>\u201cPaul, do you know about the early days at the Kimberley diamond mines? Do you know what they did to the native workers who stole diamonds? Don’t worry. They didn’t kill them. That would be like junking a Mercedes just because it had a broken spring. No, they had to make sure they could go on working. But they also had to make sure they could never run away. …The operation was called hobbling.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Photo: Sara Krulwich\/The New York Times<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The hobbling scene is, as it should be, one of the highlights of the play. According to director Will Frears, it was also the most difficult scene to get right. Several early versions of the play were said to have left audiences feeling cheated. I can assure you, having sat front row, that no one, no matter how close they were to the stage, felt cheated by the hobbling scene at the Broadhurst Theater. You could not look, and yet you could not look away. The sledgehammer is brought up by Annie, and swung down hard. As you hear the <\/span>crack! <\/span><\/i>of Paul\u2019s ankles smashing, you see his feet twisted in unnatural directions. When I attended the show, there were audible gasps from the audience, a couple of screams, and, for the most unsuspecting of the crowd, their hands covered their mouths for fear of regurgitating what was likely the fine food of Manhattan. More than this, however, was the sound of several voices heard asking the person next to them: <\/span>How did they do it? <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

So, how did they do it? <\/span><\/p>\n

Well, I\u2019m not sure. But I\u2019ll tell you what I think. <\/span><\/p>\n

David Korins\u2019 set is designed like a Victorian dollhouse, the entire play taking place on Annie\u2019s front porch and inside her cottage home. The most masterful thing about the set is that it rotates. For instance, as Paul rolls himself in his wheelchair through Annie\u2019s home, the set revolves with him, and we too roll merrily along, right through the bedroom doorway, on into the hall, and then straight into the kitchen. Just before the hobbling scene, Paul has been out on one of these runs, and fetched himself a butcher knife. Upon hearing Annie\u2019s car returning home, he quickly wheels himself back to the bedroom and the set revolves just as quickly as he can push his wheels. As soon as he\u2019s made it back to his bedroom and shut the door, the set revolves back to the hall where we see Annie come in, and we follow her into the kitchen where she realizes something is awry. By the time the set rotates back to Paul\u2019s bedroom, Paul is now in bed and it is morning. <\/span><\/p>\n

It all takes place in less the 3 minutes, and the time in which we don\u2019t see Paul is less than 60 seconds, but in that time it is possible that he has situated himself in bed in such a way that his legs are no longer his own. They could, perhaps, be prosthetics. Incredibly, <\/span>incredibly<\/span><\/i> lifelike prosthetics that move and attempt to escape the straps Annie has tied him down with by morning. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Photo: Joan Marcus<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Well anyway, however they did it, it worked like a charm. Like many theatrical productions (<\/span>Phantom of the Opera <\/span><\/i>comes to mind), there is an almost \u201cmagic show\u201d element lent to this production, and not just because of the hobbling scene. When the town\u2019s Sheriff, Buster, played here by Leon Addison Brown, hears Paul screaming and runs through the house to find him in the bedroom, we suddenly hear a <\/span>bang! <\/span><\/i>Blood comes out of Busters chest, and he falls to the floor, revealing Annie standing behind him with a shotgun. The back of Buster\u2019s coat, which we saw just moments before as he was walking away from the front porch, now has a black hole in it, a rather large one that is gushing blood onto the bedroom floor. It\u2019s around that time that you also realize blood from the shot has somehow splattered the bedroom walls. <\/span><\/p>\n

Most disturbing of all, perhaps, is the climax, in which Paul hits Annie over the head with a typewriter. Actress Laurie Metcalf was no more than 10 feet away from me, and when she turned to the audience, there was blood suddenly pouring out of her forehead. Not out of a little tube that was placed in her hair \u2013 but directly out of the center of her forehead! No trick anywhere to be seen. <\/span><\/p>\n

Oh, and one more thing. Somehow the scars and bruises on Paul\u2019s face heal little by little throughout the show, with nary a moment for him to run backstage or get his makeup redone. Hmm. <\/span><\/p>\n

It is these \u201cmagic show\u201d moments that make <\/span>Misery <\/span><\/i>on Broadway worth the price of admission alone, especially for fans of the film, who here get to see it all recreated in live action before their very eyes. <\/span><\/p>\n

To be fair to writer William Goldman, there are some differences between the movie and the play. The play is much more contained, the entirety of it taking place at Annie\u2019s home, and between she and Paul. The only other character is Buster, who makes the first of his two (and a half) appearances around the halfway mark of the show.<\/span><\/p>\n

And, of course, the actors are different. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Photo: Joan Marcus<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Bruce Willis is most known by audiences as the hero of such action films as <\/span>Die Hard, Die Hard 2: Die Harder, Die Hard with A Vengeance, A Good Day to Die Hard, <\/span><\/i>and <\/span>Give Me Today To Die Hard Upon. <\/span><\/i>(I made that last one up.) His character here is not much different, and that poses a problem in the suspense department. I know, I know. I promised to keep the critiquing at a minimum, and so I shall. But it is important to note that, as a fact, Bruce Willis hardly breaks a sweat during <\/span>Misery <\/span><\/i>on Broadway. Whereas James Caan looks scared to death wheeling himself through Annie\u2019s home, for fear that she will return and catch him at any moment, Bruce Willis\u2019s Paul Sheldon seems to know that somehow, he\u2019s going to get out of there. He doesn\u2019t doubt himself for a moment. He screams out in pain when Annie tortures him, but he never lets her, or you, see him sweat. Literally, or figuratively. <\/span><\/p>\n

And somehow, though the play is more contained than the film, it is not as claustrophobic. Seeing the full room, the full house, and all of the action taking place there, removes the awkward closeness that was captured quite well both by King in his book and director Rob Reiner in the film. This, combined with Bruce Willis\u2019s cool performance of Paul Sheldon, make the play (with the exception of the hobbling scene) not very scary. Not even very suspenseful. <\/span><\/p>\n

To counterbalance Willis\u2019s cool nature, Laurie Metcalf (famous for her turn as the odd but lovable sister Jackie on TV\u2019s <\/span>Roseanne<\/span><\/i>) as Annie Wilkes is a loose cannon. Unlike Kathy Bates, who appears somewhat demure, humble and sweet as saccharin during the film\u2019s opening moments, Laurie\u2019s Annie is a wild woman right from the start. She is erratic, neurotic and jumpy with a sadistic and manic depressive twist. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHaaaaaa-eeeey,\u201d she drawls out in a strange tone, the first words we hear from her and the first words in the play. \u201cHey. Hey there. I\u2019m your number one fan! Yes, I am. And let me tell you there is NO number two!\u201d she continues, more resonant of Jack Nicholson in <\/span>The Shining <\/span><\/i>than Kathy Bates in, well\u2026 anything. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Photo: Grant Lamos\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Laurie is hypnotic to watch as Annie because she plays her like an utter loon. It\u2019s over-the-top melodrama that tells us straight from the get-go that our Paul\u2019s in trouble and this woman should be locked away in a\u00a0funny farm. <\/span><\/p>\n

At the same time, the performance is genuine, and that is credited to Laurie\u2019s acting chops. A stage veteran, having performed in countless shows over the past several decades, she reveals the multi-dimensional nature of Annie, having us feel as much sorrow for her as we do terror. <\/span><\/p>\n

Should the other elements in the play have created an equally terrifying atmosphere, <\/span>Misery <\/span><\/i>would have scared the socks off of just about any theater goer. <\/span><\/p>\n

Instead, it merely leaves you feeling like you\u2019ve just witnessed a lukewarm fanboy telling of one of Stephen King\u2019s greatest stories. But, as I say, that\u2019s not necessarily as bad as it sounds. <\/span><\/p>\n

That\u2019s the thing about Stephen King stories. <\/span><\/p>\n

They\u2019re like sex or pizza. Even when they\u2019re bad, they\u2019re still pretty good.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jason Sechrest writes a monthly column for Cemetery Dance Online called, \u201cWhat I Learned From Stephen King.\u201d He began his career at 15 years old as a full-time staff writer for <\/span><\/i>Femme Fatales<\/span> magazine. His writing credits include <\/span><\/i>LA Weekly<\/span>, <\/span><\/i>Frontiers<\/span>, <\/span><\/i>Entertainment Weekly<\/span> and more. He tweets as <\/span><\/i>@JasonSechrest<\/span><\/i><\/a> and posts often on <\/span><\/i>Facebook<\/span><\/i><\/a>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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