As one-man shows — that most artificial of theater genres — go, Jay Presson Allen’s Tru, a biographical slice of Truman Capote’s life, is better than most. It takes place on Christmas Eve, 1975, soon after the great Southern writer and social butterfly has published a sizeable excerpt of his scandalous roman à clef, Answered Prayers. Shunned by his former friends from high … [Read more...]
Actor Donohoe digging deep to bring ‘Tru’ alive
Palm Beach Dramaworks audiences have seen New York-based actor Rob Donohoe many times before, in such diverse plays as Exit the King, The History Boys and The Pitmen Painters. But they have never seen anything quite like his transformation as manic-depressive gay Southern writer Truman Capote in the one-man show, Tru. Donohoe’s acceptance of the role was the condition that … [Read more...]