[NEohioPAL]Cesar's Forum continues run of BLUE HEART at Kennedy's, Playhouse Square Center

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BLUE HEART is the collective title for the program of two funny, poignant,=20
interrelated Caryl Churchill plays that will be ending their five weekend=20
(Friday & Saturday only) run at Kennedy's Down Under, Playhouse Square Cente=
r. =20
Cleveland Plain Dealer Theater Critic, Tony Brown writes: "We in Cleveland d=
o not=20
get to see much work from Churchill, an author who almost always leaves the=20
audience with more questions than answers=E2=80=A6But those of us who see th=
is 'Blue=20
Heart' will be far richer for the experience."

In the first play, 'Hearts Desire,' the long-anticipated return of a daughte=
r=20
from Australia by her parents and aunt is rehearsed over and over with=20
slightly different variations and outcomes, while in the second half, 'Blue=20=
Kettle,'=20
forty year-old Derek convinces a series of elderly women that he is the son=20
they gave up for adoption, with the complication that, as the play goes on,=20=
the=20
words blue and kettle begin to replace the words the characters speak. =20
Cleveland Free Times' James Damico writes: "Against the odds, Victor D'Altor=
io as=20
the scammer displays an oily yet vulnerable ingratiation that is disarming.=20=
=20
Mary Alice Beck has a quiet independence as his girlfriend, while Lee Mackey=
 is=20
a red-wigged hoot as his slovenly mother.  The variety of would-be mothers a=
re=20
ably embodied by Marci Paolucci, Dana Rice Snyder and Jean Colerider."

Christine Howey concludes, in her Scene Magazine review: "Each of these play=
s=20
offers a daunting challenge to actors, and the entire Cesear's Forum company=
=20
proves more than equal to the task.  Jean and Glenn Colerider are captivatin=
g=20
as the mom and dad in the first play, repeating their line readings with eer=
ie=20
accuracy as they plumb the bottomless depths of their absurd situation.  Lee=
=20
Mackey is equally adept as Maisie, continually commenting on how hard it is=20=
to=20
wait for things to happen, even as things happen all around her."

BLUE HEART; Now through December 13th, Kennedy's Down Under, Playhouse Squar=
e=20
Center, 1501 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Friday & Saturdays at 8pm.  All seats=
=20
$15.00.  Call Tickets.com at (216) 241-6000.



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BLUE HEART is the collective title for the program of two funny, poignant, i=
nterrelated Caryl Churchill plays that will be ending their five weekend (Fr=
iday & Saturday only) run at Kennedy's Down Under, Playhouse Square Cent=
er.  Cleveland Plain Dealer Theater Critic, Tony Brown writes: "We in C=
leveland do not get to see much work from Churchill, an author who almost al=
ways leaves the audience with more questions than answers=E2=80=A6But those=20=
of us who see this 'Blue Heart' will be far richer for the experience."<BR>
<BR>
In the first play, 'Hearts Desire,' the long-anticipated return of a daughte=
r from Australia by her parents and aunt is rehearsed over and over with sli=
ghtly different variations and outcomes, while in the second half, 'Blue Ket=
tle,' forty year-old Derek convinces a series of elderly women that he is th=
e son they gave up for adoption, with the complication that, as the play goe=
s on, the words <I>blue</I> and <I>kettle</I> begin to replace the words the=
 characters speak.  Cleveland Free Times' James Damico writes: "Against=
 the odds, Victor D'Altorio as the scammer displays an oily yet vulnerable i=
ngratiation that is disarming.  Mary Alice Beck has a quiet independenc=
e as his girlfriend, while Lee Mackey is a red-wigged hoot as his slovenly m=
other.  The variety of would-be mothers are ably embodied by Marci Paol=
ucci, Dana Rice Snyder and Jean Colerider."<BR>
<BR>
Christine Howey concludes, in her Scene Magazine review: "Each of these play=
s offers a daunting challenge to actors, and the entire Cesear's Forum compa=
ny proves more than equal to the task.  Jean and Glenn Colerider are ca=
ptivating as the mom and dad in the first play, repeating their line reading=
s with eerie accuracy as they plumb the bottomless depths of their absurd si=
tuation.  Lee Mackey is equally adept as Maisie, continually commenting=
 on how hard it is to wait for things to happen, even as things happen all a=
round her."<BR>
<BR>
BLUE HEART; Now through December 13th, Kennedy's Down Under, Playhouse Squar=
e Center, 1501 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Friday & Saturdays at 8pm.&nbsp=
; All seats $15.00.  Call Tickets.com at (216) 241-6000.<BR>
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