Review: Redemption? Swing State Challenges Us to Try That in a Small Town
Rebecca Gilman’s drama about rural Wisconsin opens off-Broadway with Audible Theater.
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Rebecca Gilman’s drama about rural Wisconsin opens off-Broadway with Audible Theater.
Read our review of *Swing State*, written by Rebecca Gilman and directed by Robert Falls, presented by Audible Theater at the Minetta Lane Theatre off Broadway. Read all our theatre reviews at NewYorkTheatreGuide.com.
That Goodman Theatre's superb "Swing State" moves audiences from laughter to tears is no surprise. What is noteworthy about Rebecca Gilman's powerful new drama is how it elicits those contrary emotions within nanoseconds of each other -- within a single line of dialogue, even. And more significantly, how its humor and its pathos are entirely earned.
Gilman's pithy new work, starring Mary Beth Fisher, is having its world premiere at the Goodman Theatre.
Even with Robert Falls at the helm, good portrayals, and good technical work, the poor script by Gilman overwhelms everything else in "Swing State."