Deborah Klugman – Stage Raw
From the moment he makes his entrance — sour-faced, cantankerous, shuffling as he leans resentfully on the walker that testifies to infirmity and old age, a comedic Jack Stehlin ignites the stage.” Read more…
Terry Morgan – ArtsBeatLA
I usually am somewhat wary of “new takes” or “twists” on classic plays, with cause. Changing the time period of a story or modernizing the text is no guarantee that the play will be any fresher or successful. Shakespeare, being centuries dead, his works long out of copyright, is without doubt the playwright whose works have been experimented with the most, which I suppose is proof that his words still speak to us. Once in a while, however, this experimentation proves fruitful, providing us with new insight into a venerable text. Such is the case with Odyssey Theatre Ensemble, New American Theatre and Not Man Apart-Physical Theatre Ensemble’s production of Lear Redux: A Quantum Fantasia, which uses the twin lenses of King Lear and dementia to examine each other in brilliantly creative and moving ways. Read more…