The Interview

Compelling, well acted, well designed, well thought out piece of theater. It gets better the longer it goes on. There is a moment where three things are going on at once, and each is terribly interesting and you have to divide your attention, and it's amazing. I have a few complaints, but it's mostly just my tastes, I wish the play had gone further. The play went pretty far out into surrealism, but once you've gotten on that train, I want to go to the last stop. It has a clear consistent message which is brilliant and brought home by the cool surprise ending. Over all a wonderful production with exceptional production value, and for a Fringe show that is saying a lot.... full review

I really enjoyed The Interview. The story, the direction, and the acting were top notch. I LOVED the music. The play really takes the audience on a journey that is both frightening and fun. I never thought I would laugh so much at a story about torture..... Go see it. ... full review

The Interview is quite the ride. Unpredictable, dark and funny. If you love theater that challenges you -- check out the Interview.... full review

Great show. Thought-provoking while being neither ham-fisted, nor coyly clever. Artists are constantly being told to create something that moves you, that you care intensely about, and that will convey the change you want to bring about, and that's what Franco does with this piece. ... full review

In the interest of full disclosure, I read some early drafts of this play and I lent a partial hand in terms of casting and preproduction efforts, so Im not entirely unbiased, but I wholeheartedly recommend this play. The performances are great and the themes are compelling and timely. Great direction and great production value (sound, lighting and projection design is top notch.) It's smart theatre and perfect fringe fare. Go if ya can! ... full review

Michael Franco's piece is not for the shallow seeking Fringers. Combining technical and literary magic with spot on directing and stunning acting, Franco produces a show that captures you from the moment the first phone book is dropped. Dylan Maddalena as Man 2 keeps the pace moving and Joe Hulser moves me with a heart breaking monologue. It's refreshing to see a Fringe show ask the important questions, but I was equally entertained by the spectacle that releases you from the depths just enough to grasp a breath of air. ... full review

Fantastic rocker that starts as like one of Pinter's political plays and goes wildly in its own direction. Not just a topical tale but something that truly explores the shifting nature of responsibility. Don't miss it. ... full review

Very in-you-face and thought provoking. Very topical, and quite effective in skewering "accepted" behavior by "people in power" - Mr. Franco challenges all of us : if we aren't part of the solution, we're part of the problem ...... full review

GO: THE INTERVIEW Playwright-director Michael Franco's disturbing drama opens with a prisoner (Michael Dunn) being tortured during a ruthless interrogation by a pair of suit-wearing men who appear to be government agents. At first the interrogation unfolds to a traditional good cop/bad cop formula, with one agent (Dylan Maddalena, interestingly sinister) authorizing the prisoner's being thumped with phone books and dunked in a water bucket and the other (Joe Hulser) desiring to take a more reasonable approach to ferreting out the information the prisoner supposedly knows. Before long, though, the story takes an unexpected turn into areas of complex moral ambiguity and metaphysics. Franco's taut staging is eerily suspenseful, as we start to q... full review