Jeffery Roberson as Mother Superior in SpeakEasy Stage Company’s “The Divine Sister.’’
(craig bailey/perspective)
STAGE REVIEW
Freewheeling nunsense in ‘Divine Sister’
Jeffery Roberson as Mother Superior in SpeakEasy Stage Company’s “The Divine Sister.’’
(craig bailey/perspective)
Attempts to resist the deranged charms of Charles Busch’s “The Divine Sister’’ - now receiving its New England premiere in a rollicking, hugely enjoyable SpeakEasy Stage Company production directed by Larry Coen and starring Jeffery Roberson, a.k.a. Varla Jean Merman - will probably prove futile. Roberson’s performance as the imperious but oddly endearing Mother Superior is a marvel of sly craft and outsize personality that adds up to a nun who is both larger and funnier than life.
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