Billy Hayes had a life-changing adventure many years ago: after three times successfully smuggling hashish out of Turkey to sell in the U.S., he was caught on the fourth try, spent five years in a Turkish prison, and escaped. He wrote about it in his book "Midnight Express," which was made into a hit movie.
To experience Billy, in person, telling his own story, displaying his inner life as the story unfolds, is a powerful theatrical experience performed with an actor's timing and energy -- exciting, moving. It's a great story, told by a great storyteller, and I felt totally captured by the performance.
This piece should be seen by every high school and college student in the country; the lesson is clear, and the performance is vivid and not to be missed.
