Chicken and Biscuits
Written by Douglas Lyons
Directed by Zhailon Livingston
Circle in the Square
October 16, 2021
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💉💉 out of 5.

I love a good silly comedy but I just didn’t love this play.  Ala a Tyler Perry movie, there is a funeral of the family patriarch and everyone is drawn home for the service.  This, of course, sets out an avalanche of family dysfunctions and dancing skeletons in the closet.  Sounds familiar doesn’t it?   It was all so forced and so predictable.  The acting was so big and so forced that they missed many moments that could have used some subtlety.  Michael Uhrie as the token white guy in the play was truly hilarours.  His timing was perfect and he could make the most out of the smallest of moments.  He was almost worth the price of admission. The rest of the cast seemed to depend on attitudes in place of character development and stereotypes at the cost of originality. I do have a problem with stage plays that would have made a better TV show.  I am not sure what Chicken and Biscuits had that demanded live theatre.