Talking About Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike

Last week I got a seat for the hottest ticket in town: Christopher Durang's Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, directed by Richard E.T. White for Berkeley Repertory Theatre. Durang won his first Tony this past summer for this play, and it's easy to see why: It is ambitious and clever and attention sustaining and hilarious! I don't remember the last time I actually doubled over with laughter, pounding my fist on my thigh for good measure as the lines and laughs built and built. The play clearly...