Right off the bat, Adele (Kathryn Erbe)--the main character in Craig Lucas' Ode to Joy, a Rattlestick Production at the Cherry Lane--screams out in pain. Moments later, Bill (Arliss Howard) prefaces his first speech by screaming out in pain. Mala (Roxanna Hope), the other character, doesn't scream. She has a tendency, though, to collapse onto the floor. All three of them periodically collapse--splat!--over the course of two hours; even an off-stage character collapses. Otherwise it is an affair ...
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The Huffington Post - 28 Feb 2014 05:01
Right off the bat, Adele (Kathryn Erbe)--the main character in Craig Lucas' Ode to Joy, a Rattlestick Production at the Cherry Lane--screams out in pain. Moments later, Bill (Arliss Howard) prefaces his first speech by screaming out in pain. Mala (Roxanna Hope), the other character, doesn't scream. She has a tendency, though, to collapse onto the floor. All three of them periodically collapse--splat!--over the course of two hours; even an off-stage character collapses. Otherwise it is an affair ...
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