Terry Morgan – Stage Raw
Watching A Noise Within’s new production of Sam Shepard’s Buried Child, I was struck by how closely the first act resembles Pinter’s The Homecoming. A man who’s been away from his family for some time returns, accompanied by a woman whom he brings into a group of strange, violent men. But whereas in The Homecoming this meeting changes the future of the family, in Buried Child its impact has to do with digging up the past. Bolstered by several strong performances, this revival does do justice to Shepard’s play, but a couple of missteps keep the production from reaching its full potential.
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Now running through November 16