POSTERITY Ibsen Meets Vigeland; Historical Fiction Soon Forgotten

The setting for the historical fictitious meeting between Ibsen, Norway's most famous author & Vigeland, Norway's most famous sculptor is a musty artist's studio complete with a gauzy haze & rank odor.  Whether you've read or seen any of Ibsen's plays (A Doll's House, Ghosts) his name is well known.  Unbeknownst to me, Vigeland designed the Nobel Peace Prize & the humongous, permanent installation in Oslo's Frogner Park.  The creative foundation for the misshapen play is based on the collaborative & contentious posturing of Ibsen when having his rendition immortalized in bronze by Vigeland.  Since factual accounts of their interactions are scarce, the Pulitzer & Tony award winning playwright, Doug Wright (I am My Own Wife) has taken creative license.  Unfortunately, Wright did not get much right with POSTERITY.  The acting was stiff, the dialogue banal & bombastic which  proved stale.  What poignancy the play possessed came with the contemplation of one's mortality, legacy & imprint on this world.  Several of the world's most highly regarded writers were mentioned including Shaw & Joyce.  I find the works of Ibsen, Shaw & Joyce to be tiresome dried up relics.  Ibsen  wryly noted "critics to an artist is like a barnacle to a whale."  Touche.  Stilly I say all things will pass.  I recommend you pass on this forgettable show.