Vulture had a reporter out last night at the Largo theater debut of Paul Thomas Anderson’s “top secret” play starring his wife Maya Rudolph and SNL c0-star Fred Armisen.
PTA’s longtime musical budy Jon Brion did the score for the 70 minute play and the packed house included Jack Black, Paul Dano, and Josh Radnor.
But what the hell was the play about? Well, according to Vulture, Rudolph and Armisen performed “a series of light and effortless vignettes” centered on different couples, all played by the duo that were co-written and directed by PTA (who else wrote them they didn’t say). One centers on a guy and a girl whose only real connection is alcohol, another on a couple “getting to know each other over a complicated personality test” and a third pair on a first date.
“The vignettes, in fact, feel like sneaking a peek at P.T. Anderson’s ‘Punch-Drunk Love’ notepad, exploring that movie’s notion that there’s someone for everyone, even though everyone is a little bit weird and fucked up.”
And no title either. Is this a warm-up for something new or is PTA just finding a new way to be creative on the quick? Either way, we like to hear that Brion is working with Anderson again, not that we didn’t adore his left-turn detour with Jonny Greenwood from Radiohead.
