When I saw Stephen Adly Guirgis‘s Pulitzer Prize-winning play Between Riverside and Crazy, it put me in a New York state of mind. Now running at Artists Repertory Theatre, the play does not depict the New York of the Billy Joel song. There is nothing romantic about Walter “Pops” Washington (Kevin Jones) and the characters who […]
Adriana Baer, Alison Heryer, Artists Repertory Theatre, Ayanna Berkshire, Ben Newman, Between Riverside and Crazy, Bobby Bermea, dark comedy, Illya Torres-Garner, institutionalized racism, Julana Torres, Kevin Jones, Kristeen Willis Crosser, New York City drama, Pulitzer Prize winner, race issues, rent control, Stephen Adly Guirgis, Val LandrumMarjorie (Vana O’Brien) is a victim of Alzheimer’s Disease. At age 85, she is fairly advanced in the disease. She is unable to care for herself. She’s lost interest in eating. She’s lonely. And she constantly repeats herself, asking questions, driving her daughter Tess (Linda Alper) and son-in-law Jon (Michael Mendelson) nuts. But in Jordan […]
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