This 95 minute production (no intermission) directed by P.Marston Sullivan, condenses the play down to a time that is easily sustainable for most audiences with a cast of six actors. BoHo is known for its quality sets in making the space appear much larger than it really is and Anders Jacobson and Judy Radovsky have done a tremendous job in making a 25 foot by 16 foot area drawing room of a large estate seem real
Entertainment attorney Charles Grippo’s new farce is a dud. The matinee I attended found no one laughing – a bad sign for a farce. Despite the cast working frantically to garner any humor in Grippo’s script, there wasn’t much there to harvest
From the Prologue, we get into the spirit with Willmorth’s rhyming verse with references to King Phycus being a found play performed by “…six players, mostly hacks…”
While Shakespeare patrons will cherish King Phycus, the references still will get newbies to The Bard to laugh because they are clearly and cleverly written and presented. This is one funny good time
Suicide, Incorporated is a finely polished, hauntingly engrossing 90 minutes of theatre. It starts out as a sardonic look at suicide as a business opportunity and ends up a refreshing glimpse into the ultimate spirit of man…Joshua Rollins and Michael Patrick Thornton bond in a moving manner that presents tw0 souls deciding to be strong enough to feed off each other in an attempt to ease their pain.
Dawkins vividly depicts the drudgery of someone trying to sort out mislabeled and wrongfully addressed letters. This highlights our inability to communicate both with the written word and in person.
Jim Corti has remounted Sugar with a film in progress motif with terrific staging (set design by Brian Sidney Bembridge) and featuring a spirited cast of gifted comic actors and stellar voices. Jennifer Knox plays Sugar with a cuteness reminiscent but not imitative of Marilyn Monroe.
The six main characters are delights to watch and bring a great deal of energy to their roles. Patrick Tierney is a solid Danny, Jason Jackson deftly handles the role of Nick, Christine Pfenninger brings a certain special realism to Pam and Hannah Sielatycki’s Lizzie is pure dynamite
Molusi’s story is both comic and sad as he tells of the closing and destruction of the shopping center that allowed his community to have employment and a place to buy the goods they needed. He also speaks of his childhood sweetheart, who for many years he saw as something other than he remembered her.
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE – PLAY
Peter Oyloe – “The Pillowman” – Redtwist Theatre
“Thank you to my parents,” said Peter Oyloe, winner in the category of best supporting actor in a play for his work in “The Pillowman” at Red Twist Theatre,”for believing that you don’t have to have money to be successful.”
The loneliness, that sexual urges and the pain of living the blues is honestly presented and sung here. “Good Morning Heartache,” “Lord, I Tried” and “Everyday I Have the Blues” each aptly describe the earthy feelings of this fabulous troupe of blues singers. Felicia P. Fields leads a fine group of blues folks here