Booth theatre, New YorkEschewing makeup, the Hollywood star gives a bravura performance as John Merrick but Bernard Pomerance's play feels brittle and artificialPerhaps you were hoping for a live-action adaptation of Babar? Or maybe a portrait of some brave anti-ivory crusader? Sorry to disappoint. Instead it's another revival of Bernard Pomerance's 1979 play about a Victorian cause celebre, famous for his deformitie…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:12AM on December 8, 2014