Ted Ying DCTS Reviewer
Ted Ying has been active in Maryland community theater for the last 10 years including producing, directing and performing in over 20 productions. He and his wife attend, subscribe and support theater throughout the Baltimore-Washington metro area.
Ted is also an avid tournament bridge player, teacher and director. He is a silver life master and certified director who runs one of the largest weekly bridge games in the country. By day, he is an IT Security Engineer for NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (reviewing shows is definitely NOT rocket science).≡ True West
True West
By Sam Shepard
Directed by Lois Evans
Produced by Bay Theatre
Reviewed by Ted Ying
In an old “Star Trek” episode, two half-black and half-white aliens are chasing each other across the galaxy. They hate each other because one is white on the left side of his body and black on the right side and the other alien is reversed. The difference does not seem significant, but they despise each other for their racial disparity. The tragedy is that they are the really very much alike but they cannot see it through their hatred. “Star Trek” beats you over the head visually with the difference, but True West does it more subtly; the two brothers seem to be very different but turn out to be very similar and they still cannot see it. This is a roller coaster character study that is alternately dark and familiar but laced with some excellent humor. (more…)
