Riveting, satisfying “The Whale” lands at Adirondack Theatre Festival
Even at 600 pounds, Charlie is a really likeable guy, and this unusual play lets us get to know him.
Even at 600 pounds, Charlie is a really likeable guy, and this unusual play lets us get to know him.
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, August 2001 I see an awful lot of traditional, realistic, proscenium-bound theatre, so when the opportunity arises to see something that promises a change, I go for it. While And God Created Great Whales was performed in conventional, fourth-wall style, that was the only thing conventional about…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, July, 1999 Here you have playwright Orson Welles (“Citizen Kane”) adapting Herman Melville (“Moby Dick”) for the stage by way of William Shakespeare (“King Lear”). The results are everything you would expect – intense, brilliant, filled with human angst. The one thing “Moby Dick –…