Nightsong for the Boatman at Odyssey Theatre Ensemble

Nightsong for the Boatman

Odyssey Theatre Ensemble
2055 S. Sepulveda Blvd Los Angeles

Harry Appleman,an aging, washed-up poet, plays dice with fate and loses. Through various cunning contrivances he tries to avoid his mortality. He discovers his humanity when he learns he can't sacrifice his daughter, but a tricky graduate student will do.

Presented by John Stark Productions

Thru - Dec 12, 2010

Thursdays: 8:00pm

Fridays: 8:00pm

Saturdays: 8:00pm

Sundays: 2:00pm

Price: $18

Show Type: Drama

Box Office: 310-477-2055

www.odysseytheatre.com

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Nightsong for the Boatman Reviews

Average Rating based on 3 reviews

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Los Angeles Times - Not Recommended

"...You want to be sensitive toward what is obviously a labor of love, because words fail to do justice to the shipwreck on display. Miscast as a detestable pedant, the ever-acute DiFusco and his fellow players, who range from solid professionals to game amateurs, do yeoman work. Designers Jaret Sacrey (set) and Joe Morrissey (lighting and sound) provide a measure of ambience."

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- David C. Nichols

LA Weekly - Somewhat Recommended

"...Director John Stark does little to bolster the pretentious script, but the capable actors (including Michael Byrne, Geoffrey Hillback and J. Lawrence Landis) struggle manfully to make sense of a preposterous plot, and designer Jaret Sacrey provides a handsome set."

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- Neal Weaver

LA Theatre Review - Not Recommended

"...In the infancy of its run, the production has not truly found its feet. Aside from the technical elements, the pacing and rhythm between scenes were choppy. Director John Stark's use of blackouts to signify a change in time or location was overdone and hindered the continuous action of the play. They ineffectively served as an easy out to let us know a flashback was taking place, which in itself was unclear through the writing."

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- Sylvia Blush

Nightsong for the Boatman at Odyssey Theatre Ensemble