photos by Taso Papadakis
... a finely crafted creation of riveting visual theatricality, macabre symbolism and high-wire emotion. The four excellent performers (Bryan Brown, Keirin Brown, Olga Petrakova and Ilana Gustafson Turner) sing and speak in a collage of Russian phrases that become a cartoon of life in a crowded Moscow apartment.
... The company’s theatrical language consists of a sequence of visual images that roll through his marriages...
ARTEL’s style is that of a train in motion, challenging us to jump aboard and discern from the views that unfold, rather than stopping at a station, opening the doors and announcing where we might be headed...This is a work that shouldn’t be missed. (Steven Leigh Morris)
Art/Works Theatre, 6569 Santa Monica Blvd., Hlywd.;
Fri.-Sat., 8 p.m.; thru June 14.
(323) 871-8382 or
www.arteltheatre.org.
