Alyson Hannigan

London Critics Wish Harry Hadn’t Met Sally

American TV stars Luke Perry and Alyson Hannigan’s London theater debut was been slammed by critics for their "wooden, tiresomely" acting skills.

Beverly Hills 90210 heart-throb Perry and Buffy the Vampire Slayer beauty Hannigan have stepped into Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan’s characters from the 1989 classic romance When Harry Met Sally at the West End’s Theatre Royal Haymarket.

British broadsheet The Guardian’s Michael Billington scathes, "The best thing about a pointless evening is Alyson Hannigan who lends Sally a bright-eyed perkiness that makes the sexual dilatoriness of Luke Perry’s under-cooked Harry even more inexplicable than it is already. Two hours is a long time to spend in a theatre just for a fake orgasm."

And tabloid Daily Mail remarks, "Hannigan and Perry’s television fame guarantees no proper stage technique. They both sound squeaky, act woodenly, flounce tiresomely. She resembles a diluted Jennifer Aniston, he a poor man’s Robson Green.

"It’s all about chemistry. Meg and Billy had it in spades. These two have half a teaspoonful between them."

London daily The Evening Standard’s critic Nicholas De Jongh says, "Harry and Sally have about half an entertaining personality between them. The comedy might hit home with more passionate acting."