Bump in the Road Theatre
May 26, 2005; closes June 4, 2005
Honorable intentions to illuminate vital, timely issues of health care didn’t really provide any new information, new understanding or new tools to act with. Vaudeville-like performance seemed ill at ease in its circus trappings; maybe take it darker? Chris Graham made me feel a little better as a Greyish Ringmaster.
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Friday, May 27, 2005
Sunday, February 20, 2005
The Waiting Room
Bump in the Road Theatre
February 19, 2005
Social-problem theatre often diagnoses message at expense of story, dulling points of both. What’s really farce was doctored too straight. Excise slow fades, innumerous scene changes; prescribe holistic staging — at least blackouts on unit set – to maintain alert comedy, conscious throughline. Adrienne Flagg’s Wanda managed to recover humanity in charade.
February 19, 2005
Social-problem theatre often diagnoses message at expense of story, dulling points of both. What’s really farce was doctored too straight. Excise slow fades, innumerous scene changes; prescribe holistic staging — at least blackouts on unit set – to maintain alert comedy, conscious throughline. Adrienne Flagg’s Wanda managed to recover humanity in charade.
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