Opened:
February 2003
Ended:
Winter 2003
Country:
USA
State:
New York
City:
New York
Company/Producers:
LAByrinth Theater Company
Theater Type:
off-Broadway
Theater:
Harold Clurman Theater
Theater Address:
412 West 42nd Street
Phone:
(212) 279-4200
Director:
John Patrick Shanley
Review:
S & M is becoming an alluring metaphor for plays dealing with Terror, Chaos and International Crisis. American Magic uses it - plus B & D - to evoke US interrogation of Muslim Terrorist suspects. Shanley deploys it to present the confrontations of Palestinian Arabs with Israelis, in the persons of an Israeli with a video camera and an Arab with no defenses. A briefly-seen chess-player represents the departing British Mandate over Palestine. A wild American cowboy-type represents guess what? Shanley directed. The Anti-Defamation League won't enjoy this show.
Parental:
adult themes
Cast:
David Deblinger, Florenzia Lozand, Chris McGarry, Michael Puzzo
Technical:
Costumes: Mimi O'Donnell; Lighting: Jeremy Morris; Set: Michelle Malavel.
Miscellaneous:
This review first appeared in NYTheatre-wire.com
Critic:
Glenn Loney
Date Reviewed:
March 2003
