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  The Water's Edge
Returning to his home after an absence of 17 years, Richard wants a relationship with his two 20-something children and at least a cordial understanding with his estranged wife, Helen. He's also coming back for another reason. The lakefront house where he lived with his family is his boyhood home, one which holds many happy memories. And he wants the house back. Having been driven away following a family tragedy, Richard has come to terms with the past and is more than ready to move on. Cast & Characters
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Reviews Gummer makes the spunky girl rush in with a pre-judgment of almost everything and everyone, and then she nicely shows the cracks in her shell. Lucy is the odd girl out, spending much of the play saying she shouldn't be there, and she's probably right except the story would never get told without her. Ms. Gummer brings a crackling electricity to Erica's anger that recalls the young Meryl Streep (who happens to be Ms. Gummer's mother), at her hostile best, in Woody Allen's "Manhattan." As Helen's angry daughter, Gummer begins the production at an emotional level that is too high for her to reach. But she finally wrests some believability from a role that, like so much of "The Water's Edge," is irritatingly contrived. Related Links | |||||
