What the Constitution Means to Me
Written by and starring Heidi Schreck
Directed by Oliver Butler
New York Theatre Workshop
October 26, 2018
Production website
💉💉💉 out of 5.

Great things come in the most unexpected of places.  I am not sure what attracted me to spend a night in New York watching a one woman show about the U.S. Constitution – but that is how I chose to spend the night and boy, was I grateful for the choice.  It is a mighty odd show to put down in simple terms.  Essentially it is set in the meeting room of every American Legion in the middle  of anywhere America as they are holding one of their annual oratorical contests for high school students to compete with their knowledge of the U.S. Constitution.  Continue reading What the Constitution Means to Me →

The Hard Problem
Written by Tom Stoppard
Directed by Jack O’Brien
Lincoln Center Theatre Company
October 25, 2018
Production website
💉💉 out of 5.

In all my theatre going days, I don’t think I have ever been to the FIRST preview of any play.  The very first time a New York audience was going to see the play – pretty cool!  I was surprised to see the imperfections I did see a few.  Light cues were bringing up lights on audience members when the audience was not involved in the story.  It certainly made a few people last night very self conscious as they were pointed out in plain view for several minutes.  Set pieces got spun around to face the wrong direction and there were a few traffic jams with all the cast moving too much furniture around this thrust stage. Continue reading The Hard Problem →