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Opened:
February 7, 2002
Ended:
April 7, 2002
Country:
USA
State:
New York
City:
New York
Company/Producers:
Roundabout Theater Company
Theater Type:
Broadway
Theater:
American Airlines Theater
Theater Address:
West 42nd Street
Phone:
212-719-1300
Running Time:
2 hrs
Genre:
Solo Drama
Director:
Michael Mayer
Review:
After 9/11, a little spirituality on a Broadway stage isn't a bad thing, but Heather McDonald's static solo play isn't likely to give anyone religion. Kevin Bacon plays a man saddled with Job-like troubles, including witnessing a school bus crash, enduring three miscarriages, and raising a child with lanugo, a rare disease that causes hair to grow all over her body.
The vaguely absurd nature of that ailment (sorry to anyone reading this who has lanugo -- nothin' personal), combined with the fact that so much of An Almost Holy Picture is past-tense stories earnestly recounted, make the play slow going, Bacon's capable work and the author's noble intentions aside.
Parental:
mild profanity
Cast:
Kevin Bacon (matinees: John Dossett)
Technical:
Set: Mark Wendland; Costumes: Michael Krass; Lighting: Kevin Adams; Sound: Scott Myers & Robert Kaplowitz; Orig Music: Mitch Greenhill; Casting: Jim Carnahan.
Other Critics:
THEATERSCENE.NET Jeannie Lieberman ? / TOTALTHEATER Jason Clark ?
Critic:
David Lefkowitz
Date Reviewed:
February 2002
