A Delicate Balance
By Edward Albee
Directed by Pam MacKinnon
Produced by Arena Stage
Reviewed by Tim Treanor

What are we to make of this strange and beautiful story, as mysterious as a carnivorous plant in a hospital room? What can we say about the brightly-colored inhabitants of this hothouse world, who squawk like macaws against the pretensions which inhibit them? Only this: that Albee, abetted by Director Pam MacKinnon and Arena’s production, has forced us to stare at the truth again. We should be grateful. [Read more...]