
IfTennesseeWilliamshadwritten"Where'sPoppa?"sanslaughs,theresultingmellerwouldresemblethefearlesslyturgid,ironicallytitled"Tranquility,"arisiblevarianton"MommieDearest."Tohiscredit,operadirectorRobertAlfoldigivesthematerialhisstraight-facedall,andhisthespsrespond.Picwillactuallyplaygangbusterstoaudspreppedforover-the-topmother-sonshenanigans,withboldfestandcablersleadingthecharge.<br/> LeadingMagyarstagethespDorottyaUdvarosstarsasleadingMagyarstagethespRebekaWeer,whosehigh-strungpossessivenesscomesfromnothavingleftthelargeapartmentsheshareswithherobedientwriteroffspringAndor(ZalanMakranczi)foradecade.WhenAndor,whomayormaynothavebeenintimatewithmomasachild,startshavingathleticsexwithsultryloverEszter(DorkaGryllus),hebeginstodreamofalifebeyondthewalls.UdvarossummonsShirleyMacLaine,MakrancziisthesoulofrepressionandGryllusisgoodatbeingnaked.Memorablemoment:newlypregnantEszterattemptstoabortusingaChristmastreeornament.TechstandoutisGaborValcz'slived-inflat;thunderousPaganiniscoreredefinesconceptofsexandviolins.




