Connie Fernandez and Clay Cartland in Smoke. Sexual attraction can be benign, but more often than not — at least onstage — it is a prelude to a tug-of-war power skirmish. That is how it plays out in Kim Davies’ sadomasochistic Smoke, a kinky two-character tango which fittingly bookends a season that began with Sex with Strangers. We are starting to wonder about the personal … [Read more...]
O’Neill’s ‘Long Day’s Journey’ brings out the impeccable in Dramaworks
Michael Stewart Allen, John Leonard Thompson, Dennis Creaghan and Maureen Anderman in Long Day’s Journey into Night. (Photo by Samantha Mighdoll) There is something about the great works of American drama that brings out the best in Palm Beach Dramaworks, as exemplified by its powerful, impeccably performed production of Eugene O’Neill’s epic autobiographical masterwork, Long … [Read more...]