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As a Big Fan of the movie, 'Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf?' starring Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor, I was so looking forward of seeing this Edward Albee classic at Seattle Rep this past weekend. However it was HARD to accept anyone else in the roles of George and Martha beside Taylor and Burton. By end of Act 2 they had me, but this groundbreaking play is over 50 years old and it also shows its age.
C'mon, you know the story when George (R. Hamilton Wright) and Martha (Pamela Reed) engage in dangerous emotional games. George is an associate professor of history and Martha is the daughter of the president of the college. Martha is already quite drunk and mentions she invited a young couple over for a night of Games. George is not in the mood, but Martha won't back down. The guests arrive – Nick (the Dashing, Aaron Blakey), a biology professor and his wife, Honey (Amy Hill). Now they are certainly not George Segal or the Oscar winning, Sandy Dennis, but they handle the material quite well.
