Never mind the thin, shaggy dog-story of a plot: this monologue is all about Billy Crudup’s mercurial, showboating performance. The star of Almost Famous and The Morning Show is also a Tony Award-winning Broadway veteran, and he evokes a panoply of characters in this tale of an uptight gay man whose swaggering alter ego runs riot.
Crudup first did David Cale’s play in New York in 2017, and in his London debut has the audience eating out of his hand. His performance, and the direction of Leigh Silverman, are better than the material deserves.
