[NEohioPAL] Review of "Bloomsday" at none too fragile

[Bob Abelman]

Dietz’s road-not-taken tale, ‘Bloomsday,’ given a delightful turn at none too fragile



Bob Abelman

Cleveland Jewish News, The News Herald, The Morning Journal

Member, American Theatre Critics Association



“Too many notes.”



That’s what Emperor Joseph II said about Mozart’s comic opera “The Marriage of Figaro.” He was not alone in this criticism, for many of Mozart’s reviews called attention to his tendency to write “overloaded and overstuffed.”



The same can be said for contemporary playwright Steven Dietz’s plays, an example of which (“Last of the Boys”) was on display at none too fragile theater last season.  



“Too many words” is a particularly applicable description of the theater’s current offering, Dietz’s “Bloomsday,” which borrows its theme, temperament and a fair share of text from the posterchild of impenetrable, rambling prose – James Joyce’s 265,000 word tome “Ulysses.”  



But yes, I said yes, I will yes, they are good ones and the performances by this exceptional cast have audiences hanging on each of them.



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