True Story is, among other things, a movie about addiction, but not to the usual addictive suspects — booze, drugs, sex, gambling. It’s about an addiction to the truth, or moreover the perception of truth, and the obsessions and compulsions that drive it. It’s the sort of addiction to which any dedicated newshound can relate, the kind that results in sleepless nights, 80-hour … [Read more...]
Theater roundup: Two Pulitzers, a great play and a dud
Palm Beach Dramaworks prides itself on serving up “theater to think about.” True, there are plenty of heady plays on its schedule this season, but it begins instead with Lanford Wilson’s Talley’s Folly, a charming two-character romance from 1979, more like “theater to sigh over with a constant smile on your face.” It is a mating dance for an unlikely couple ― Matt Friedman, a … [Read more...]