Deceptively simple, tragic four-character Tennessee Williams play set in St. Louis, with magnificent performances from Katherine Hepburn, Sam Waterston (yes, he did more than just Law & Order), Michael Moriarty (ill fated to later star in *Troll*, the worst film in history), and Johanna Miles (who deserves a greater reputation if only for this performance). Like a lot of his plays, happiness is just within reach but timing is just off enough to result in sorrow. Indeed, Waterston's character notes that "the greatest distance between any two points is time." If that were not enough, there's a million other great lines: "People go to the movies instead of moving"; "Science is supposed to solve all the mysteries of the universe only it seems like it just creates many more." Katherine also delivers a couple good lines about up-North Episcopalians being no good.
Review of The Glass Menagerie
