Poetic License
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Opened Feb 9, 2012
Closed Mar 4, 2012
Opened Feb 9, 2012
Closed Mar 4, 2012
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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
Poet Laureate to-be, John Grier, comfortably ensconced as a professor of literature in a renowned university, owes much of his success to his wife, Diane, who has been aggressively shepherding his career. When the daughter and her new boyfriend return home for the weekend, hidden secrets are revealed that threatens to destroy his esteemed reputation and career.
WHAT ARE CRITICS SAYING?
What are other members saying?
A Terrific Play on Plagiarism and Human Relationships
When Edmund accuses John of plagiarism, we are led to wonder: Is there any basis to his accusation and if so, what might it be? Or is there something about Edmund that we don’t know; might he be mentally unbalanced and his charges totally groundless?
If Jack Canfora (the playwright) had limited himself only to answering those questions, this still would have been an enjoyable play, if nothing more than a good mystery story. But Canfora has gone much further than that and has used the issue of plagiarism as a skeletal framework on which to layer issues of much deeper import: he explores the blurred line between plagiarism and mutual cooperation; the secrets that haunt our lives; and the relationships among husbands and wives, parents and children, and young lovers. And, as a result, Poetic License is not merely a good play but a terrific one.
I have posted an expanded review of this play and of other Broadway, off Broadway and off off Broadway plays on my blog www.aseatontheaisle.blogspot.com.
Reviewed by alansshows
on Friday, Feb 17th, 2012
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In
Poetic License, now being presented at 59E59 Theatres, Jack Canfora spins an Albee-esque tale of family deceit tempered with a dose of realism. It's clear from the beginning that something is off with this clan, but what that is in particular remains thankfully elusive for the better part of the one-act's taut 80-minutes.
The lights come up as Katherine (Natalie Kuhn) and her boyfriend, Edmund (Ari Butler), are climbing up the side of her parents' house and shimmying through a window left ajar in the parlor. Katherine reaches the room first and instructs a nervous Edmund on how to follow her.
This lesson gives way to another on the quirks of her parents, Diane (Liza Vann) and John (G[...]