"As 'Strings Attached' demonstrates, trying to force physics into the role of religion leaves us with pithy clichés better suited to a greeting card than scripture — much less a scientific journal."
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"If you are keen on learning something about the science behind tales of parallel universes, you won't be disappointed."
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"The running gags quickly cease to be amusing – even when Newton and screwing in a 17th-century light bulb is brought up."
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From the clever double entendre title to its fantastical involvement of three famous long dead physicists, Carole Buggé’s "Strings Attached" tries very hard to rise out of the morass what is basically a sad love triangle but is ultimately overwhelmed by frippery and cliché.
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"It’s as if various points of view, characters, and information was put in a hat, shaken out, then seasoned by what Carol Bugge thinks of as theater of the absurd. The piece is ponderous."
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"In the chaos of dimensions at times 'Strings Attached' feels almost stream of consciousness, and yet does not lose its way. It maintains structure, with its strong, intelligent dialogue."
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The play uses…. the train trip to introduce various concepts in physics in a largely unintimidating way, with varying degrees of clarity. It also attempts to connect physics with everyday life, through metaphor, sometimes effectively. But in an apparent effort to make the science more palatable for the layman, “Strings Attached” weighs that train trip down with all manner of contrivance, ranging from clever to corny to cringeworthy.
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[An] ambitious, eccentric, and frustratingly tiresome attempt to dramatize human relationships by analogy with scientific theories...The blend of styles, from farce to fantasy to realism...is beyond director Alexis Kelly’s ability to pull off; her actors range from so-so to earnest to respectable...; some of the casting is unconvincing; and Jessica Parks’s set design...is seriously problematic.
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