Never Name Your Play Manipulation
When first entering the Cherry Lane Theatre, you are struck with Bill Stabile’s African like set of darkened willow branches. As "Manipulation" begins, Cristina (Marina Squerciati), is having a marionette nightmare. As the nightmare continues, the actors strike puppet like poses that continue  throughout this dim witted badly written piece by Victoria E. Calderon's. The trite dialogue and premise make this p…