'Notes From the Field' review: 17 gripping people in one
Anna Deavere Smith introduces us to 17 very different people in "Notes From the Field," her latest uncanny solo journey in multi-character documentary theater. And each time I think back on some of Smith's resonant monologues, the memory is not of her but of the real-life person -- the politician, the teacher, the prisoner, the protester. With little more than a change of jacket or a shift in her vocal rhythm, the vi…