My overall impression
I don’t get it. I don’t get the buzz nor do I get the excitement over the thing. “Take Me To The Poor House,” while a great statement on children’s innocence is campy at best. With one person shos, playing different characters has to be about playing believable characters and not a characature of those characters. Maybe this was a result of the many missteps of the direction, which includes the actor running all over the stage as if there was no direction. While the story has h eart and relevancy, it misses the mark on being groundbreaking and dynamic as a story like this should be in this post “We Are the World” era. If you’re curious to see a show that dispels the myths of the “dark” continent, this might be the show for you, otherwise ID say avoid it and spend your fringe time watching the groundbreaking risky stuff.
