The Book of Grace
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Mar 17, 2010
Closed Apr 4, 2010
Opened Mar 17, 2010
Closed Apr 4, 2010
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Running Time:
1hr. 40min.
1hr. 40min.
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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
Treasured for her groundbreaking poetic and inventive language, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Suzan-Lori Parks (Topdog/Underdog) has drawn a family portrait shattered by issues of rage, revenge, power and betrayal. When a young man returns home to South Texas to confront his father, everyday life erupts into a battle for personal survival. At once fiercely intimate and explosive, The Book of Grace weaves the story of three people bound together by passion and ambition, love and longing.
Currently, Parks is the Master Writer Chair at The Public Theater.
WHAT ARE CRITICS SAYING?
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RE:Finding Grace
Suzan-Lori Parks is such a uniquely talented artist that you never know what to expect when attending one of her productions. In The Book of Grace, the sound of clicking typewriter keys fills the background and guides the audience through chapters of a book being written by one of the characters. The book is filled with evidences of good things and is in complete contrast to the turmoil surrounding the troubled family in the story. I absolutely loved the technical use of the typewriter and was engaged for the majority of the play, finding it most beautiful when secrets were exchanged between two of the characters. Still, I longed to enjoy this play more and wished that it was more inspiring. But this artist always brings something different to the stage and I would likely see another one of her productions. ?
Reviewed by pathouser
on Saturday, Mar 6th, 2010
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A father raises both of his arms, making it look as if he's about to hug the son he hasn't seen in 15 years -- and ends up searching the young man for concealed weapons. The moment nicely encapsulates the highly dysfunctional family dynamic within Suzan-Lori Parks' The Book of Grace, now receiving its world premiere at the Public Theater. But while the production, directed by James MacDonald, contains plenty of interesting images such as this one, it is not as compelling a work as one might hope.
As it turns out, Vet (John Doman) is right to be cautious about trusting his son Buddy (Amari Cheatom), for once Vet is out of sight, Buddy promptly retrieves a stash of grenades he's hidden away.[...]