Shortly before he is to wed, millionaire John Willis is visited by Dr. Harry S. Blair, a psychiatrist who informs him that years before he was married to Nancy, John's wife-to-be, and warns him that she is mentally unbalanced.
Blair then relates the following story: After a whirlwind romance in Florida, Blair marries Nancy and starts a psychiatric practice in New York. One day, artist Norman Clyde comes to his office and tells him that an innocent man is about to be executed in Sing Sing Prison and that Nancy is the cause of his unjust incarceration. A distraught Clyde then explains himself to a curious Blair:
Three years before, Clyde meets Nancy, whose maiden name was Monks, when she enrolls in his art class. The moody Clyde soon falls in love with Nancy's honest charm and beauty. Nancy, a secretary, introduces Clyde to her boss, millionaire Andrew Bonner, and persuades Bonner to showcase Clyde's paintings at one of his private showings. To Nancy's delight, Clyde's painting, a depiction of the tragic figure Cassandra for which she modeled, wins first prize at the showing. The evening is perfect until an expensive bracelet is stolen from a guest, and Clyde later finds it in Nancy's purse. After Clyde confronts a confused Nancy about the theft, she relates the following story to explain her behavior:
As a young girl, Nancy lives with her housekeeper mother in the lavish Willis home and plays with Karen, the Willises' little daughter. Although Karen wants to invite Nancy to her upcoming birthday party, Mrs. Willis refuses to allow the lower-class Nancy to attend. A true friend, Karen promises to give Nancy one of the pins her guests are receiving. When Karen realizes there are no extra pins, however, she offers Nancy the beautiful locket she has just received from her mother. Nancy's subsequent joy is soon crushed when Mrs. Willis demands that she return the locket. Later, the locket is discovered missing, and Nancy is accused of theft. Although Nancy's mother soon finds the locket in Karen's dress, Mrs. Willis refuses to believe Nancy and forces her to "confess."
The adult Nancy then admits to Clyde that this childhood humiliation caused her unconscious desire to steal the bracelet at the party. After a forgiving Clyde returns the bracelet anonymously, he and Nancy continue their romance until the next party at the Bonners'. Suspecting that the absent Nancy is spending the evening in Bonner's arms, Clyde leaves the party to look for her and sees her exiting Mrs. Bonner's bedroom just after two gunshots are fired. Bonner is found murdered, and Mrs. Bonner's diamond necklace, stolen. Although Nancy and Clyde are questioned, valet Myron Dexter is eventually found guilty and is sentenced to die. Clyde, however, strongly suspects Nancy, but she angrily maintains her innocence and leaves for Florida.
Back in his office, Blair defends Nancy to Clyde but invites him to his house that evening. When confronted, Nancy denies everything and tells Blair that Clyde is merely jealous. The next day, Dexter is executed, and a guilt-ridden Clyde jumps from Blair's office window to his death.
To avoid scandal, Blair and Nancy move to England, and after World War II breaks out, Blair volunteers his medical services, while Nancy becomes an ambulance driver. Expressing concern over Blair's health, Nancy insists that they take a vacation at Lord and Lady Wyndham's manor house. Just as they are leaving, Blair learns that one of Lady Wyndham's valuable jewels has been stolen. Blair suspects Nancy but is unable to prove anything until a bomb destroys their flat and reveals her cache of stolen jewels.
Although confronted directly, Nancy continues to deny any guilt and divorces Blair after he suffers a nervous breakdown. Back in John's study, Blair, like Clyde before him, tries to convince John to abandon Nancy, who now uses the name Patton. John, however, believes Nancy when she tells him that Blair is still suffering from his breakdown.
Moments before the wedding is to start, Nancy's future mother-in-law, the unsuspecting Mrs. Willis, gives her the same locket that she once took away, and tells her that it is a precious family heirloom. The locket causes Nancy to be overcome with guilt, and she collapses at the altar in hysterics. As Nancy is later taken away to an institution, John sadly realizes the truth of Blair's story, but determines to see Nancy through her crisis.
911的20周年，因疫情擦肩而过的Come from away巡演，在此时完成。我还去查了一下纽芬兰岛的位置。希望能早日回归原版剧场
看的第一部官摄音乐剧 911事件后来自各地的旅客迫降甘德小镇的故事 故事很暖心 歌也很好听 虽然没在现场但被表演和舞台设置深深震撼到了 希望有机会能现场看表演（看完更希望本哥重回音乐剧舞台了
好有魅力的鸭鸭
所以在下次见面之前，希望我们都不要失去这个武器。
四次见面层层深入，讲了情与欲的因果关系。
有点像舞台剧的话痨电影。简单的场景，对话烘托出魅力。可惜大概率情况下是订不到里奥格兰德的，所以接收/面对/和解都只能自己来了哦。7.5
小而固定的空间，两个陌生男女由性爱进入到情感，这两个都是极度私密的领域，主要依靠对白和表演，结构上以男女的关系变化为主线，完整的四次会面，从第一次的紧绷到逐渐展开，表象的性爱被隐藏，展开的是内心。两个陌生的男女开始的性爱任务，其中一个很年轻，一个至暮年，明明可以发展出很多戏剧故事，但偏偏任何强情节都没有，只在房间里不断对话，说很多看似无关紧要的事情，观察身体，而这竟让我看下去了，这样的叙事让我感到好奇，也让我思考其中核心是什么？
真的好有感染力。百老汇的舞台，有生之年真想去看一场
哇！那个有点像Monica的女机长也太帅了吧！
妈妈别怪我乱花钱，来了美国只要花钱啥都能看到，这能怪我吗？
好棒的小品啊，在极其有限的空间里，治愈了两段生活。
今夜我们无人入睡。
几个印象深刻的地方： ①关于真实边界的冲突，leo的愤怒 ② shaved.即使往坦荡迈了一大步，it's still shaved! ③ pay taxes on her earnings
弥补去年被退票的现场，挑在911二十周年上线也很合时宜，主题嘛，来自陌生人的最大善意
男主礼貌的微笑和认真倾听时的眼神，我被打动了！想立刻叫一个和他谈苦难的人生也行！四次酒店的会面，女主絮絮叨叨的开场，一步又一步深入的接触及满足。争吵总是有用的，促使彼此在房间外诚实应对了各自生活的困境。结尾也能预测到，有的快乐只能自己给。感慨最后镜子里的身体，这可是艾玛汤普森啊！他是她此生唯一的冒险！这种男人也就只能电影里看看了。
没有宏大华美的布景，演员们都要分饰几角，所以舞台场景与角色转换做得相当精巧娴熟。基督徒、犹太教徒和牧斯林同时用各自旋律祈祷和声那段太动听了，还有回程时乘客过安检的慢镜头表演也是神来之笔。最后看到演员与真实人物的合影也非常感动
Something has changed, something has remained, something we lost, something we gained, while something we've never truly learned… Peace&love或许可笑，但它存在过，也将一直存在。
通过CFA看到了苦难面前人们不计一切的互帮互助，也在这两年看到了数以万计这样的例子，不管怎样，“永葆热爱，永怀善良，永远温柔”仍然是我们面对残酷最好的武器。
PS，教科书般的舞台调度、转场，官方版的镜头、角度切换，再加上好的故事名垂青史不过分
看群像的剧不如看纪录片有趣。除此以外服装不合我审美。很平庸的剧。
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