Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: It's not always easy to do good in a complex world. Pittsburgh playwright Tammy Ryan's new play, "Lost Boy Found in Whole Foods," follows one woman's growth and struggle as she tries to do just that. When Christine, a divorced woman living in Pittsburgh's East End connects with Gabriel, a young refuge from Sudan who is working in Whole Foods, her life takes a surprising turn.
Thursday, October 06, 2011
Review: 'Lost Boy' offers hope without a TV-movie feel
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: It's not always easy to do good in a complex world. Pittsburgh playwright Tammy Ryan's new play, "Lost Boy Found in Whole Foods," follows one woman's growth and struggle as she tries to do just that. When Christine, a divorced woman living in Pittsburgh's East End connects with Gabriel, a young refuge from Sudan who is working in Whole Foods, her life takes a surprising turn.
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This looks great. (And I'm picky.) I hate the "easy, feel-good scenes or resolution" on the Lifetime channel. New (good) plays are always exciting, especially when the director is involved in the creative process, and the spectacle of the play is similar to his original vision. I like the idea of a "resolution that's poetic and helpful, without becoming overly sentimental or compromising reality."
I think this is pretty cool. I'd be interested to know if the Whole Foods in the show is the actual Whole Foods in Pittsburgh. These refugee lost boys migrated to Pittsburgh and this play is based about a real encounter in Whole Foods. This poses a pretty interesting design choice: put a set on stage that certain audience members will know exactly what it looks like or put a set on stage that all audiences will somewhat recognized (a gourmet grocery store.) I'd imagine it'd be the latter: even though the script and acting styles are realistic, the set does not have to be. I'm sure there's a couple of reasons for that: budget and time in recreating a grocery store. A reminder that scenery for theater is not scenery in film, where the camera sees everything. In the theater the audience experiences the story and the designer uses visual components to compliment the story.
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