Bethany
Crystal loses her house to foreclosure, her job, and her daughter Bethany. In Laura Marks' spare drama, Crystal will do anything to get her Bethany back. The play premiered in New York and enjoyed a successful run. At the Old Globe's in-the-round White Theatre, even with the same director, the staging doesn't work. The leads -- Carlo Alban, Jennifer Ferrin, and James Shanklin -- tone themselves down so much they could be performing for TV. Unmotivated business and long entrances and exits kill the pace. And a fight scene, which the play fails to justify, flops in the execution. Were it more convincing, the fight may have absolved some of the production's sins, but not all. Fine support work by Sylvia M'Lafi Thompson, as a dignified social worker, and DeAnna Driscoll as a hip, harsh, and humane sales manager.
When
Ongoing until Sunday, February 23, 2014
Hours
| Sundays, 2pm & 7pm |
| Tuesdays, 7pm |
| Wednesdays, 7pm |
| Thursdays, 8pm |
| Fridays, 8pm |
| Saturdays, 2pm & 8pm |