James Wilson takes a look at Our Class at Classic Stage Company:
Last winter, Tadeusz Slobodzianek's Our Class (adapted by Norman Allen from a literal translation by Catherine Grovesnor), was a critical and commercial success at BAM's Fishman Space as part of the Under the Radar Festival. That production, co-presented by the MART Foundation and Arlekin Players, has transferred to Classic Stage Company's cozier Lynn F. Angelson Theater for an eight-week run. The running time has been trimmed slightly, and the staging has been moderately altered for the new venue, but the performance retains its emotional potency and continues to offer a trenchant and unflinching examination of a close-knit community riven by prejudice and betrayal. |
