“A Man’s A Man”: My FT Review
The Financial Times has published my review of an off-Broadway revival of Brecht‘s “A Man’s A Man.” Justin Vivian Bond (pictured) is among the ensemble. Bottom line: ‘Why this staging, which uses a standard translation by Gerhard Nellhaus and incorporates new music by Duncan Sheik, misfires has something to do with the casting. Every member of the nine-person ensemble has shone onstage in New York at some point over the years. Yet none of them is able to summon and sustain the odd-comic tone that Brecht’s near-vaudeville project requires.’ Stephen Spinella is also among the cast.
