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YES WE DID: CP’s Coming Home review hides in plain sight in the A&E section
posted by Carolyn Huckabay
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| Photo | Jim Roese |
Frequent Philly theater-goer/Broad Street Review writer Jonathan Stein made a comment in the PW’s theater review section this week, thanking “Cobb” (shorthand for J. Cooper Robb?) for his excellent criticism of Home Sweet Home, on stage at the Wilma. He also dissed the Inky for its “inadequate” review, and shook his finger at us for not reviewing the show at all.
But, J-Stein, we totally did!
Taking the spotlight in our A&E opening spread’s left-hand column on Oct. 29, Mark Cofta’s review — IMHO — is neither inadequate nor not there. Here’s a snippet in case you missed it:
Strength and sorrow radiate from Patrice Johnson’s petite frame, and her performance soars despite Veronica’s suffering, but the story belongs to Nyambi’s endearingly naive Alfred and, bravely, to Antonio Dandridge’s seething Mannetjie. Playwrights trust their work to child actors with understandable reluctance, but the unformed next generation is essential to Fugard’s message of hope through, and despite, adversity. The young actor, under director Blanka Zizka’s assured tutelage, does not disappoint, matching the adults in intensity as well as convincing South African dialect, coached by Lynne Innerst. His scene with Oupa’s ghostly presence, linking the farmer’s precious seeds with the words the boy treasures, gives the play a moving finale.
Coming Home runs through Nov. 15, so you’ve still got time to check it out. And in the meantime, grab a CP tomorrow to read reviews of InterAct’s The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity and the Arden’s Rabbit Hole, and let us know how you think we’re doing in the comments. (J-Stein, I’m talkin’ to you.)
Coming Home, through Nov. 15, $36-$65, Wilma Theater, 265 S. Broad St., 215-546-7824, wilmatheater.org.
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