Adams' Apples
All that's missing from John Strasberg's play inspired by Chekhov's "The Cherry Orchard" are sets, most props, a uniformly competent cast, and relatable characters. But it is "modern."
All that's missing from John Strasberg's play inspired by Chekhov's "The Cherry Orchard" are sets, most props, a uniformly competent cast, and relatable characters. But it is "modern."
A solo attempt to make silk-purse poetry out of sow's-ear content is further marred by incessant arm and hand movements, rushed delivery, and a shortage of memorization.
This joint effort of a playwright and a historian about the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire is both sketchy in its history and lacking in dramatic tension.
This high-gloss production nicely nails the author-director's absurdist punch lines but is less than convincing when it comes to illuminating the play's underlying premise.