What I liked
What I liked—besides Noble’s staging? Lessee…Michael Perlmutter’s honest examination of the causes and effects of a family fractured by drug abuse. The performances by Perlmutter and Carolina Rodriguez as father and daughter, which reveal the layers of pain and anger without sinking into soap, and Joyce Ha and Brian Harris as their clown guides/referees.
What I didn't like
I thought about “what could be improved” for awhile, and came to this: nothing. The play and the performances are just right just as they are.
My overall impression
Sins of the father—and mother—haunt him as a father tries to atone, and mend the broken relationship with his daughter. ..with help from two clowns. Sound odd? No odder than real life. This honest, painful, hopeful play was just plain wonderful. Ann Noble’s brilliant (yes, I used the “b” word) staging shows us the truth and the love of two damaged people as they look for a way out of years of anger and disappointment.
