The Event

Needtheater at the Paul G. Gleason Theatre as part of the Hollywood Fringe Festival

Reviewed by Dany Margolies

June 22, 2010


Starting as an objective narration of the relationship between the actor and the audience, this solo show slips quietly from theater and the specific to life and the universal, doing so with dignity but without pretension. Written by John Clancy, directed by Ian Forester, and starring the mesmerizing Paul Dillon, this production is destined for the status of a classic—if you tolerate Beckett and the like. Though the character refers to himself as The Man and the audience as The Strangers, he binds us to him as we reverently watch without breathing, fascinated and ultimately awash in emotion.

Presented by Needtheater at the Paul G. Gleason Theatre, 6520 Hollywood Blvd., L.A. Fri., June 18, 8 p.m.; Sat., June 19, 6:30 p.m.; Thu., Sat., Sun., June 24, 26-27, 7:30 p.m. (323) 795-2215. www.needtheater.org.
 

 
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