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Nocturne
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened May 16, 2001
Closed Jun 17, 2001
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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?

Marcus Stern directs Adam Rapp's Nocturne, in which a young man pieces together a life shattered by his sister's untimely death--a death he accidentally caused. As his family disintegrates in the wake of the trauma, he flees his mid-western, suburban home for New York, where he seeks solace as a writer. After trying to make sense of the accident and its aftermath, he returns home to face the father he left behind.

THEATER/VENUE INFORMATION:



New York Theatre Workshop
79 E 4th St
New York, NY 10003


WHAT ARE CRITICS SAYING?

Welcome to group therapy at the New York Theatre Workshop, via Adam Rapp's
Nocturne. We're the group, and it's a sad young man's turn to tell us his troubles. He doesn't tell us his name; we just know him as The Son (Dallas Roberts). It seems he has a lot on his mind and it all goes back to one split second when, at the age of 17, his life and the lives of his entire family were shattered. He blurts it out right at the start: "I killed my sister."

If only the rest of what he has to tell us were that simple and direct. If this really was a therapy session, we would only have to listen for 50 minutes (and we'd get paid). But this is theater, so it's two hours and 20 minutes, and you have [...]


Reviewed by Barbara and Scott Siegel on May 27, 2001

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