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As seen here La Weekly
NEW REVIEW ANY1MAN Made up of 6 monologues,
this solo show by co-writer/performer George A. Peters II aims to
portray various aspects of the black man's experience. In the initial
sequence Peters depicts Adam outside the Garden of Eden; a distorted
recording of Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata" warbles in the background
while Peters' bewildered outcast discourses on God's decision to cast
himself and a guileful Eve into exile. Next, Peters fast forwards to
urban America, transforming into the splenetic son of an equally
splenetic single mother, who demeans him as his absent father's seed.
Other characters include a gay man rejected by his parents, a little
boy afraid of the dark, and a homeless panhandler with a scathing
tongue. Directed by Hezekiah Lewis, Peters displays intuition and
insight, zeroing in on the fear and anger that frequently motivate
human behavior. But while strong on nuance, the piece comes up short on
storytelling: Although charged with emotion, it spins out too few
details about the particular events in his characters' lives.
Developing the individual narratives would give the work more breadth,
moving it from the realm of showcasing into the sphere of playwriting.
B. Fontenot is credited as co-writer. Alexia Robinson Studio, 2811
Magnolia Blvd., Toluca Lake; Thurs.-Sat., 8 p.m.; Sun., 3 p.m.; through
April 19. (818) 842-4755. (Deborah Klugman)
Hmmm....not so bad.
We like this one better Leigh knows the show pretty well.
Cause I said so,
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"My life was a dream...but I was alone."
-Adam
"Yo 35 cents ain't gonna change my day! Ya dig??"
-Bishop
