[NEohioPAL]Critiques of THE UNEXPECTED MAN at Cesear's Forum, Kennedy's thru June 10th

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Subject: Critiques of THE UNEXPECTED MAN at Cesear's Forum, Kennedy's thru J=
une 10th

Cesear=E2=80=99s Forum continues it=E2=80=99s production of THE UNEXPECTED M=
AN by Yasmina Reza, translated by Christopher Hampton, through June 10th (Fr=
i & Sat at 8pm, Sun at 3pm) at Kennedy's Down Under, Playhouse Square Center=
. Two strangers on a train, a novelist and literary enthusiast, reveal (thro=
ugh interior monologues) desire, self-invention and the imaginings of a brie=
f encounter.=20

Here are some written perspectives on the play and production:

=E2=80=9CWritten with concise zest by French playwright Yasmina Reza (best k=
nown for ART) and produced with a touch of real class by Cesear=E2=80=99s Fo=
rum, THE UNEXPECTED MAN takes many unexpected turns. =E2=80=A6Glenn Coleride=
r, an elegant performer of impeccable timing and a silver-fox presence, give=
s The Man an air of easy sophistication=E2=80=A6Linda Castro=E2=80=A6smolder=
s alluringly and speaks her mind with the clipped staccato of worldly indiff=
erence and icy literary libido.=E2=80=9D

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=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 - Tony Brown, The Cleveland Plain Dealer

=E2=80=9CThe number of plays that refer to both Debussy and Ex-lax must be s=
mall. Maybe there=E2=80=99s just one: Yasmina Reza=E2=80=99s THE UNEXPECTED=20=
MAN, running in a small, personable production by Cesear=E2=80=99s Forum=E2=
=80=A6a play well suited to the small (40-seat) setting=E2=80=A6The streamli=
ned clarity and wit=E2=80=A6a quiet pleasure.=E2=80=9D

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e Guregian, The Akron Beacon Journal

"The difficulty with THE UNEXPECTED MAN is not that its author, Yasmina Reza=
, is a thinking playwright=E2=80=A6The problem is rather that the French Rez=
a=E2=80=A6is an unregenerate overthinker. So, inevitably, are the two charac=
ters of her one-act play=E2=80=A6The inevitable result is rhetoric, not dram=
a. The Cesear=E2=80=99s Forum production is cleanly straightforward=E2=80=
=A6=E2=80=9D=20

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=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 - James Damico, Cleveland Free=
 Times

=E2=80=9CInterior speeches - perfectly shaped and brilliantly cadenced - are=
 so pristine, it=E2=80=99s easy to see why a writer would be drawn to them.=20=
And in THE UNEXPECTED MAN, playwright Yasmina Reza devotes almost all of her=
 90-minute one-act to such flights of rhetoric=E2=80=A6The two performances=20=
are intelligent and nuanced, bringing out much of the script=E2=80=99s intri=
cacies. Glenn Colerider is an elegant silver fox, finding much of the humor=20=
in his lines=E2=80=A6Linda Castro negotiates a number of moments with a sly,=
 wounded precision that brings her character into sharp focus.=E2=80=9D

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=20

=E2=80=9CTwo seasoned professionals bring their best to this 90-minute highb=
row comedy that is mostly inner monologue. The dapper Glenn Colerider plays=20=
a famous but insecure author whose train seatmate (the charming, witty Linda=
 Casto) turns out to be a fan reading his latest book. They amusingly portra=
y people =E2=80=98of certain age=E2=80=99 whose sophisticated exteriors bare=
ly mask an inner life as shy and tortured as moonstruck teenagers=E2=80=A6It=
=E2=80=99s rare to see stream of consciousness portrayed onstage with this m=
uch subtlety and humor.=E2=80=9D

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ool Cleveland=20

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-----Original Message-----<br>
From: cesearsforum at aol.com<br>
To: neohiopal-admin at lists.fredsternfeld.com<br>
Sent: Thu, 31 May 2007 3:13 pm<br>
Subject: Critiques of THE UNEXPECTED MAN at Cesear's Forum, Kennedy's thru J=
une 10th<br>
<br>

<div id=3DAOLMsgPart_2_3180f14d-5e61-4906-b88c-55f2a32b7150>

<div>Cesear=E2=80=99s Forum continues it=E2=80=99s production of THE UNEXPEC=
TED MAN by Yasmina Reza, translated by Christopher Hampton, through June 10<=
SUP>th</SUP> (Fri & Sat at 8pm, Sun at 3pm) at Kennedy's Down Under, Playhou=
se Square Center. Two strangers on a train, a novelist and literary enthusia=
st, reveal (through interior monologues) desire, self-invention and the imag=
inings of a brief encounter. </div>

<div>Here are some written perspectives on the play and production:</div>

<DIR>

<div>=E2=80=9CWritten with concise zest by French playwright Yasmina Reza (b=
est known for ART) and produced with a touch of real class by Cesear=E2=80=
=99s Forum, THE UNEXPECTED MAN takes many unexpected turns. =E2=80=A6Glenn C=
olerider, an elegant performer of impeccable timing and a silver-fox presenc=
e, gives The Man an air of easy sophistication=E2=80=A6Linda Castro=E2=80=
=A6smolders alluringly and speaks her mind with the clipped staccato of worl=
dly indifference and icy literary libido.=E2=80=9D</div>
</DIR><I>

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=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 - Tony Brown, The Cleveland Pl=
ain Dealer</div>
</I></FONT>
<DIR>

<div>=E2=80=9CThe number of plays that refer to both Debussy and Ex-lax must=
 be small. Maybe there=E2=80=99s just one: Yasmina Reza=E2=80=99s THE UNEXPE=
CTED MAN, running in a small, personable production by Cesear=E2=80=99s Foru=
m=E2=80=A6a play well suited to the small (40-seat) setting=E2=80=A6The stre=
amlined clarity and wit=E2=80=A6a quiet pleasure.=E2=80=9D</div>
</DIR>

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=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0- Elaine Guregian, The Akron Beacon Journal</div>
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<DIR>

<div>"The difficulty with THE UNEXPECTED MAN is not that its author, Yasmina=
 Reza, is a thinking playwright=E2=80=A6The problem is rather that the Frenc=
h Reza=E2=80=A6is an unregenerate <I>over</I>thinker. So, inevitably, are th=
e two characters of her one-act play=E2=80=A6The inevitable result is rhetor=
ic, not drama. The Cesear=E2=80=99s Forum production is cleanly straightforw=
ard=E2=80=A6=E2=80=9D <br>
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 Times</div>
</I></FONT>

<div><br>
=E2=80=9CInterior speeches - perfectly shaped and brilliantly cadenced - are=
 so pristine, it=E2=80=99s easy to see why a writer would be drawn to them.=20=
And in THE UNEXPECTED MAN, playwright Yasmina Reza devotes almost all of her=
 90-minute one-act to such flights of rhetoric=E2=80=A6The two performances=20=
are intelligent and nuanced, bringing out much of the script=E2=80=99s intri=
cacies. Glenn Colerider is an elegant silver fox, finding much of the humor=20=
in his lines=E2=80=A6Linda Castro negotiates a number of moments with a sly,=
 wounded precision that brings her character into sharp focus.=E2=80=9D</div=
>
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<DIR>

<div>=E2=80=9CTwo seasoned professionals bring their best to this 90-minute=20=
highbrow comedy that is mostly inner monologue. The dapper Glenn Colerider p=
lays a famous but insecure author whose train seatmate (the charming, witty=20=
Linda Casto) turns out to be a fan reading his latest book. They amusingly p=
ortray people =E2=80=98of certain age=E2=80=99 whose sophisticated exteriors=
 barely mask an inner life as shy and tortured as moonstruck teenagers=E2=
=80=A6It=E2=80=99s rare to see stream of consciousness portrayed onstage wit=
h this much subtlety and humor.=E2=80=9D</div>
</DIR><I><FONT size=3D2>

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ein, Cool Cleveland</I></FONT><FONT size=3D3> <br>
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