Charlayne Woodard explores being the non-parent in 'The Night Watcher' at Studio Theatre

It is both fitting and slightly ironic that Charlayne Woodard's first words, at the start of "The Night Watcher," should be "Out of the blue . . . ." Fitting, because that phrase suggests a fluid, propulsive energy like the one she brings to this funny, bruisingly poignant one-woman show, which tells of her relationships with various children -- children who, in some cases, seem to have invaded her life out of the blue. Ironic, because "out of the blue" implies a haphazard quality, and there...