by Renee Calarco
Produced by Charter Theatre
by Tim Treanor
I recommend that you interrupt your reading of this review, call Charter Theatre or go to their website, and make reservations to see Short Order Stories right away. Now. I’ll explain later.
The theater critic, in his wisdom and dignity, is commissioned to explain the playwright’s purpose, whether the production achieves it, and, if not, why not. This, in turn, helps the discerning reader determine whether she wishes to spend an evening at the theater in question. But one need not fully understand the laws of gravity to observe an apple fall from a tree. Every so often a play is so good that lovers of quality theater will love it; further explanation is unnecessary. Olney’s magnificent The Heiress was like that last year; this play, while without Olney’s fabulous production values, gives similar satisfaction.
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