Lloyd Suh writes quirky historical plays from a unique perspective as ironic comedies. In "Franklinland," the latest entry in the EST/Sloan Project, commissioning and developing plays about science and scientists, Suh creates a Benjamin Franklin like you have never seen him depicted before. Unlike Howard Da Silva's iconic and benevolent Franklin in the now classic musical "1776," this Franklin is crotchety, irascible…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 02:17PM on October 22, 2024