The Perplexed
Written by Richard Greenberg
Directed by Lynne Meadow
Manhattan Theatre Club
March 8, 2020
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💉💉 out of 5.

The Perplexed did that and did that for over 150 minutes and did that without any prize for having stayed the course.  I felt like I was in these expositional first few scenes of a comedy where you do not expect much to happen except the setup that is going to so pay off when you get to the last half of the show.  I was more than willing to be patient!  But this was exposition that went on and on and right to the last moment and felt like a long, long joke that was refusing to get the punch line!

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72 Miles to Go . . .
Written by Hilary Bettis
Directed by Jo Bonney
Roundabout Theatre Company
Laura Pels Theatre
March 8, 2020
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💉💉💉 out of 5.

I really wanted to love this play; I really did.  I was thinking it was time for a good play to really deal with the DACA debate and the personal stories of those who are living through the experience and the fear.

72 Miles to Go . . follows a splintered family over 10 years of strength, struggle and love, as they face the profoundly personal drama of immigration.   Seventy-two miles. That’s the space between Nogales, Mexico and Tucson, Arizona—and the world of distance that separates a mother at a shelter and her American-born husband and children. Continue reading 72 Miles to Go . . . →