Theater: The Unrepeatable Moment--six short plays provoke
The Unrepeatable Moment, a set of six short plays by John Yearley presented by The Barrow Group, was a provocative evening of theater. The plays were not written as a set, but when packaged together, presented a touching panorama of companionship, love, and loneliness. Most settings were in New York or similar urban settings. The plays were 1-2 character affairs, and all the actors were good, some extraordinary. Most memorable was "Horrible Person that I am", a monologue (Tricia Alexandro) of a lonely urban woman stood up on her last date and reaching the limits of her loneliness (through a brash NY veneer). The finale "A Low Lying Fog" was also memorable, with convincing interactions among brothers about, life and an automobile accident. Turns out one of them is actually dead, and the "Ghost"-like scenario works really well without gimmickry. The small theater and fine, intense acting made me grateful to live in a theater mecca. The depth of acting talent