Tragedy and Laughter at APT

By Dominique Paul Noth, UrbanMilwaukee.com | July 20, 2018

Triumphing at the Touchstone Theatre in both concept and performances was the first hour and a half of Exit the King, a ruthless, humorous, relentless exploration of death that runs two hours without intermission

Okay, don’t run for the exits when you hear what this play is about. After all, none of us can run from death but my, does the king try, even as a community of high and low observers watch with sympathy and sarcasm. And we all are sucked into hoping and wondering.

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Not ready during the July visit by the American Theatre Critics Association was Shaw’s The Heartbreak House and Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure, both intended for the large open-air Hill stage starting in August.

Athol Fugard’s The Blood Knot, a story of two brothers, one white enough to pass (Fugard who is white and South African originated the role played here by a Milwaukee favorite, James DeVita.) Not opened on my visit was Engaging Shaw and Our Country’s Good.

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