I
was running from one rehearsal to the next and happened to be in the
car at just the right time to here Anthony Byrnes’ weekly “Opening the
Curtain” segment on KCRW.
His topic this week was on the play, Neighbors, at The Matrix Theatre.
I have not seen it, but according to Byrnes, it is a play that
makes you question the racism you witness on the stage- historical
relics or modern reality? The review itself was lukewarm, but the
part that caught my attention was Bynes’ point at the end of his
segment:
He said, “…one of the pleasures of the play was watching the audience watch themselves, discovering differences and connections as the characters resonated with each of us. That magic requires the same diversity in the seats as on the stage.”
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