Howard Miller takes a look at Home at the Todd Haimes Theatre:
You might think of Home, a Tony nominee for Best Play in 1980 when it was originally performed on Broadway, as a folk tale with roots in the Black farming community. But it's also a romance and a coming-of-age story: a little bit "Forrest Gump," a little bit campfire yarn, even a little bit "Candide," with a plethora of characters remarkably brought to life by a gifted cast of just three actors. Some of these characters come and go in a flash, but pretty much all of them are conjured up with such distinctive style that even if they are merely mentioned in passing early on, you'll remember them when they come around again much later in the one-act 90-minute play. |
