Driving Miss Daisy at the 1000 Islands Playhouse.An Impeccably Beautiful Production.
Nicola Lipman and Walter Borden
Photo. 1000Islands Playhouse. Driving Miss Daisy by Alfred Uhry won the Pulitzer Prize in 1988 and the film adaptation won the Oscar for best picture and best actress (Jessica Tandy) in 1990. How can you go wrong with this one? In fact the Thousand Islands Playhouse kept the tradition and produced a most moving version of this heartwarming and emotionally complex play that worked perfectly from every perspective. Nicola Lipman as Daisy Werthan and Walter Borden as Hoke Colburn, created a sense of complicity as their relationship evolved from its uneasy beginnings to a deep feeling of trust as these two characters bonded over the 25 years that Hoke worked as Miss Daisy’s chauffeur. Following along on the journey was Brian Linds as Boolie, Daisy’s business man son, usually at his wits end around his stubborn mother but who loves her greatly and manages to convince us of that throughout all his emotional upheavals created by his mother’s bossy behaviour.