Strong, Powerful Acting in ‘Three Seconds to the Key’ ‘Pillowman’—a passionate Theatergoing Experience!Buzzin' Lee Hartgravebyline‚ Jan. 19‚ 2007On a small stage that is half apartment and half basketball court everything bounces around the stage including “Mother” (Amy Resnick), as she is called in the play. ‘Mother’ is dying of “Hodgkin’s Disease”. She does everything she can think of to keep the monster at bay. She smokes pot, and tells us about her hilarious experiences with it. ‘Mother’ also has a 12-year-old son. Both Mother and the Son are avid “New York Nicks Fans”. Yeah, this is where the Basketball part comes into the play. And let me say that it doesn’t just quietly come into the play. These guys on the court pounce on the stage like the real thing. It’s thrilling to witness the energy and the excitement. Now, just throwing some basketballs into the net would not be enough to entertain us. So, these guys show us the pre-game prayers, and they sing us a couple of what could be called ‘Pep Songs’. It peps you up o.k. So much so, that the temperature begins to rise. The ‘Court’ drama draws us into the game and how the ‘Key’ is all worked out. |