Boy, things have certainly changed since the days of “See Spot Run.” Dick is sick and goes by the grown-up name Richard (Neimah Djourabchi, a textbook 50s Dad with existential longing). His wife (Vanessa Kai, impeccably maternal like a vintage sitcom Mom) has died and children Dick (Jay Cobián, poignant and fierce as a mama’s […]
Archives for February 17, 2020
Review: Mother Road, a rip-roaring road drama, buddy comedy, musical, and meditation on what it means to be “American”.
“How can we live without our lives? How will we know it’s us without our past?” So wonders the desperate Joad family in Steinbeck’s “The Grapes of Wrath,” as they burn their belongings before fleeing drought-stricken Oklahoma for a new start in California. Arena Stage’s inventive and moving Mother Road follows Tom Joad’s last living […]
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