Vanya & Sonia & Masha & Spike-Theatre Delight

The play Vanya & Sonia & Masha & Spike by Christopher Durang @ Linc Ctr is a thespian's treasure. It is a smorgashbord of theatrical styles: drama, melodrama, parody, farce.  It is an homage to great playwrights, actors, movies & popular culture.  This delectable feast is served up with wit & humor leaving me satiated with pleasure.  Nostalgia for past innocence is mourned and today's woes of violence, vulgarity, disconnection, global warming are hilariously delivered in a vitriolic rant.  In fact, the only thing that wasn't thrown in was the kitchen sink, but coffee cups do go flying on this enticing set by David Korins; Obie Award winner for Sustained Excellence in Design. Playwright, Durang has been awarded Obies & Tony noms. and undoubtedly will receive additional accolades for this entertaining play loosely structured on a Chekov family drama.  However, it has a unique mishmash style all its own.  The excellent ensemble cast featuring David Hyde Pierce & Sigourney Weaver all shine in their roles. Weaver who plays an aging movie star exclaims, "Actors give the audience what it wants."  The actors provided everything I wanted in a oh so witty and gay play.