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Jun 24, 2024 · The Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright paints a lush portrait of a mother and daughter living in rural Massachusetts in 1991, walking steadily through grass and tall trees, carving out a quiet life for themselves.
Realizing that Wayne will be around indefinitely, Lacy is not too happy to go back to her home and urges Janet to let her return to the camp. But it is too late. Back home, Lacy tries to strike up conversations with Wayne, but the latter, in essence crotchety, keeps it curt.
Jun 20, 2024 · The graceful observations of “Janet Planet” render the two characters’ development almost imperceptible, hidden behind silences and what goes unsaid. You’ve got to lean in to catch some ...
- Annie Baker
Jun 14, 2024 · But the title is best understood as a lesson in social astronomy: Janet is the planet who, with subdued but undeniable magnetism, pulls various human satellites into her orbit.
Jun 25, 2024 · Set in the rustic wilds of western Massachusetts, familiar territory for Baker who grew up in Amherst, “Janet Planet” is alive with the rustling trees and cricket orchestras of country life.
- Charles Mcnulty
- Theater Critic
- charles.mcnulty@latimes.com
Jun 27, 2024 · It was shot on 16-millimeter film by Maria von Hausswolff, who previously filmed the visually stunning Icelandic drama Godland, and her use of natural light and precise, fine-grained details feel...
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Jun 20, 2024 · Janet Planet unfolds at a dreamy murmur, using soft strokes to paint a picture of a liminal time in childhood —the period of dawning awareness of a parent’s individual humanity.
