“Importance of Being Earnest”—Comedy Crushes Elites, at Aurora, Berkeley
Oscar Wilde Taunts Powerful Hypocrites—SNL Style by Barry David Horwitz Filled with rapid fire wit and snide satire, “The Importance of Being Earnest” sizzles like Saturday Night Live. Under Josh Costello’s deft direction, we feel Oscar Wilde ripping the mask from our illusions about millionaires, marriage, and masters. In Costello’s “Earnest,” delight rules, tweaking…