Tag: Scott Pinkney

The only problem with the play is the play itself: finely crafted; well-designed with its easy, definable characters' voices; but seemingly unfinished.

For much of what works, thanks goes to the director, Matthew Penn, who has taken the play to a higher plane than the script calls for.

The play presents us with a channel into the minds of a tormentor and his victim that speaks volumes about our current political situation.

Bigoted, mean-spirited men of business have always believed in their God-given right to rule the world they control. Seeing this play again, now, in this season of our political year, is a hysterically funny yet chilling experience.

This is not a classic -- it soon will be, though -- that you've seen a hundred times before; this is a new play with a definite future. This is a rare chance to be in on the first stage of that journey.