Double comic trouble at the Lyric
Tiffany Chen, Aimee Doherty, and McCaela Donovan. Photos: Mark S. HowardThere's an inherent tension in commedia dell'arte between performer and author - and often in history, the performer has had the upper hand. As the form is based on characters utterly familiar in their foibles (they're all but modular comic blocks), performers were (and are) constantly tempted to riff on received commedia ideas rather…