The Outsider @ INTERNATIONAL CITY THEATRE

From left: Susan Huckle (Louise Peaks), Natalie Storrs (Paige Caldwell) and Jonathan Bray (Arthur Vance) in International City Theatre’s “The Outsider” (Photo by Kayte Deioma)

Anita W. Harris – LA Theatrix

Just as the crowd responds like sheep to Mark Antony’s rhetorically manipulative speech in Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar” (“Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears”), we too are susceptible to what our politicians say and how they say it. “The Outsider” offers a hilarious (if a bit verbose) diversion reminding us to keep our thinking caps on when voting, even while we make fun of the other guy. Read more…