Ed Rampell – Hollywood Progressive
Pinter’s slyly subversive 30-ish minute piece does to those veddy British drawing room plays what The Texas Chainsaw Massacre’s Leatherface does to human beings. Although I hasten to add that this is not to say that Party Time is a horror production per se, but rather that it Pinteresquely piquantly slices and dices the genre conventions of Victorian era productions. Read more…
F. Kathleen Foley – Stage Raw
Sex, Lies and Harold Pinter, a visiting production at the Odyssey Theatre, makes a compelling case for the enduring bite of Harold Pinter at his most elusive. In director Jack Heller’s sharply acted production, menace simmers beneath civility, and polite conversation becomes a weapon. Read more…
Travis Michael Holder – TicketHoldersLA
The coolest part of this evening of two seldom performed Pinter one-acts is the crackling smart revival of “The Lover,” his original 1962 playlet for television. Directed by veteran master regisseur Jack Heller and starring Ron Botitta and Susan Priver, two of LA’s sturdiest and most prolific performers, this tasty little theatrical morsel subtly attacking the bored bourgeoisie by delving into their kinkiest sexual desires, could not be much better. Read more…