(“I admire your patience,” Judy Kaye’s Queen Elizabeth declares when they finally meet, post-divorce.)īut DiPietro’s book plays less like a song-studded version of “The Crown” than some provincial British pantomime - from the bawdy comic relief of Diana’s step-grandmother Barbara Cartland (Kaye again) to the casual cruelty of Hartrampf’s Charles who at one point elicited oh-no-he-didn’t boos from the audience. Charles’ still-married girlfriend, Camilla (Erin Davie), helps to play matchmaker - and then continues to consort with Charles on the side. We meet Diana (Jeanna de Waal) as a 19-year-old kindergarten helper just after she’s first met Prince Charles (Roe Hartrampf), a stern and priggish figure whose stiff upper lip extends from head to toe. ‘Cullud Wattah’ Off Broadway Review: A Powerful Kitchen-Sink Drama Set in Flint
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