When it comes to horror,Broadwaytypically cedes turf to Hollywood, the occasional Martin McDonough play notwithstanding.
All of which makes the effort ofGrey Houseso bold.
Hes injured, with a possibly broken angle, a bleeding foot and gashed forehead.
Colby Kipnes, Laurie Metcalf, Sophia Anne Caruso, Millicent Simmonds, Alyssa Emily Marvin, Eamon Patrick O’Connell, ‘Grey House’MurphyMade, 2023
Ive seen this movie, Henry half-jokes.
We dont make it.
In other words, Id turn back if I were you.
Maslany, Sparks (Credit: MurphyMade, 2023)
But Raleigh proves no comfort at all.
She calls them willful creatures, sounding rather like shes about to ask Lloyd the Bartender for child-rearing advice.
This house, she says, oh this house.
She used to be such a friend in a storm.
But one day you wake up and theres not a friend in sight.
Not in the ones you fed, and certainly not in the fucking mirror.
And you think maybe youll just smash your fucking face right through it.
She pauses before adding ominously, Youll see.
So yeah, things are going to happen tonight.
But luck is luck.)
At least, until they get drawn to Grey House.
Why the strange names?
What do that have to do, if anything, with Max and Henry?
And what the hell is under that big silver tray cover in the middle of the makeshift dining table?
The cast is excellent.
