[NEohioPAL] Theatre Ninjas "Telephone" amazing, challenging, rewarding

[Ted]

After attending Theatre Ninja's production of "Telephone" last weekend, 
I felt moved to urge those who love great acting, and theatre that both 
challenges and rewards, to make plans to see it.

While it's hardly a plot-driven vehicle -- I'm not sure I could begin to 
describe anything even vaguely resembling a plot -- it is an engaging 
and wildly innovative show.  With language that twists and curls around 
itself in beautifully poetic and musical ways, the challenge to the 
actors must have been astounding.....and at the same time, it gives each 
of them the opportunity to shine.  These are three great performances, 
and a third act that,despite the show's general Brechtian emotional 
reserve, is deeply moving.

The show seems to be about communication, language, and the technology 
of communication, but like any great poetry and art, it offers no easy 
answers.  It doesn't even offer easy questions.

What it does offer is beauty and intrigue and an example of everything 
that theatre can and should sometimes be.