John,<br><br>It seems there is something you neglected to include in "your" review of this play......the name of its author.<br><br>I find it difficult to believe that you would, once again, submit a plagiarized review to NEOPAL and claim it as your own.<br>
<br>Now I don't do this with every review that gets posted to this list, but considering your track record and the discovery I made with one of "your" previous reviews I couldn't help to do a little research into this one. Much to my dismay I immediately came across this review written by Roger LeLievre for <a href="http://AnnArbor.com">AnnArbor.com</a> If you don't recall what was written in his review (and for anyone else who may want to check this out) here is the link <a href="http://www.annarbor.com/entertainment/night-mother-review/">http://www.annarbor.com/entertainment/night-mother-review/</a><br>
<br>As a wrote to you personally after "your" <i>Jospeh...Dreamcoat </i>review, I welcome and encourage people (that includes you) to share their reviews and opinions on local performances provided that those opinions are their own. NEOPAL seems to be an appropriate forum for such an activity. However, this list, the Cleveland theater community and, especially, all those involved with the Tri-C production of 'Night Mother deserve more respect.<br>
<br>Sorry to make this public.<br><br>Oh...and I took the liberty of including Mr. LeLievre on this reply.<br clear="all"><br>Jason Falkofsky<br>Director of Choral & Liturgical Music<br>216-651-2199 (office)<br><a href="mailto:jfalkofsky@ignatius.edu" target="_blank">jfalkofsky@ignatius.edu</a><br>
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<p style="background:white;line-height:130%"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:rgb(76,76,76);line-height:130%"><font face="Franklin Gothic Medium"><font size="2">Bring plenty of tissues: ‘Night Mother is that kind of play.</font></font></span></p>
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<p style="background:white;line-height:130%"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:rgb(76,76,76);line-height:130%"><font face="Franklin Gothic Medium"><font size="2">This powerful one-act, two-character drama, which opened Friday night at Tri-C’s Eastern Campus Theatre Department, focuses on depressed, thirty-something Jessie (Bernadette Clemens), who matter-of-factly announces to her mother (Joy Borland) that she plans to commit suicide that very night. As the 80-minute show begins, Jessie asks her mother for her late father’s revolver as she takes care of household chores so mom can have an easier time of it after the trigger is pulled (such consideration!). As the story unfolds, Jessie reveals the reasons behind her horrific decision while her mother tries desperately to get Jessie to change her mind. Clearly, Jessie is as determined to leave this world as her mother is to have her stay.</font></font></span></p>
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<p style="background:white;line-height:130%"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:rgb(76,76,76);line-height:130%"><font face="Franklin Gothic Medium"><font size="2">This is a difficult show to watch, but the two actresses deliver such knockout performances it's hard to take your eyes off them. </font></font></span></p>
<p style="background:white;line-height:130%"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:rgb(76,76,76);line-height:130%"><font face="Franklin Gothic Medium"><font size="2">At first, her mother doesn't take Jessie seriously ("Let's rearrange the furniture," she suggests, as if that would help), but as she slowly realizes her daughter isn't joking, she becomes increasingly panicked ("You might as well kill me. It's the same thing. … How can I live here without you?"). Every emotion is so etched upon Borland's face it becomes heart-rending to watch. Similarly, Clemens projects a world-weary resignation. Divorced, stuck in a deadly dull life and awaiting her next epileptic seizure, she sees only more of the same in her future and wants no part of it. Ms. Clemens is wonderful. The two are amazingly believable as mother and daughter, and their chemistry is evident.</font></font></span></p>
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<p style="background:white;line-height:130%"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:rgb(76,76,76);line-height:130%"><font face="Franklin Gothic Medium"><font size="2">Expertly directed by Brian Zoldessy, Marsha Norman’s 1983 drama, which won a Pulitzer Prize, involves the kind of conversation few of us will ever have, and offers the opportunity for the audience to reflect on their own lives and relationships. </font></font></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:rgb(76,76,76);line-height:130%"><font face="Franklin Gothic Medium"><font size="2">This is serious stuff, full of pain and honesty. I was on the edge of my seat, and angry at Jessie for not considering the devastation her final act would cause her mother. Yes, Jessie has future shopping lists made, and tells her mother exactly who to call and what to say after the trigger has been pulled, but she obviously has given no co
nsideration to her mother's emotional reaction. Suicide has been called the ultimate act of selfishness and nowhere is that more apparent than in ‘Night, Mother.</font></font></span></p>
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<p style="background:white;line-height:130%"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:rgb(76,76,76);line-height:130%"><font face="Franklin Gothic Medium"><font size="2">Grim material to be sure, and a searing look inside the soul, but what terrific performances by the two actresses involved, and another wonderfully directed production by Brian Zoldessy. </font></font></span></p>
<p style="background:white;line-height:130%"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:rgb(76,76,76);line-height:130%"><font face="Franklin Gothic Medium"><font size="2">Do not miss this show!</font></font></span></p></div></div>
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