Goldstar

• Rated 4.0
• Written on Oct 26 2009

We went for the preview, which doesn't quite seem like a fair way to review a play, but nevertheless, we thoroughly enjoyed it. I would imagine this play will evolve with it's performances, since even on it's first run with an audience the acting was very good and the accents convincing. The sets and costuming are sparse, to say the least, but still effective. The story itself is somewhat predictable, but still a good ghost story for the season.

• Rated 3.0
• Written on Nov 01 2009

Two great performances by the male leads. They were so good that on a very spartan stage with few props you really got an almost cinematic feeling. The publicity empahasizes the "surprise". I thought that it was pretty easy to figure out the twist by the end of the 1st act. The true surprise was the outstanding acting that drew you in after the first few scenes.

• Rated 4.0
• Written on Oct 26 2009

This is a wonderful theater experience. There are no cheap thrills here or campy, farcical tricks; the atmosphere created by the two engaging and splendid actors, along with the sparse setting are enough to keep the tension high and expectant. The actors play various characters, as well as being narrators, so that the spoken word allows us to create many of the images of the settings in our own minds, which increases our participation in the drama.

It took me a little while to get used to the "play-within-a-play" concept in the first 10 minutes or so. But once that was out of the way, and especially after the occurrance of the first "incident", the entire audience became wrapped up in the events, and there dropped into place a very palpable sense of dread. This is a very sophisticated -- and wonderfully subtle -- horror tale.