Thursday, October 6, 2022

Review Highlights: WAIT UNTIL DARK at Hale Centre Theatre

Juli Buehrle
Photo by Nick Woodward-Shaw
 
highlights from local critics reviews - (click link at bottom of each review to read complete review)

Click here for more information on this production that runs through November 22

"...Hale Centre Theatre (has) presented superb back-to-back thrillers this summer. A few months ago, their production of the Agatha Christie thriller And Then There Were None was exceptional and their current production of the suspenseful play Wait Until Dark is just as good. With an excellent cast, spotless direction, and an immersive set design, it makes for a spine-tingling good time...Hale's cast is excellent, with Juli Buehrle extremely impressive as Susy, the headstrong, independent woman who doesn't let her blindness get in her way...David Michael Paul is very good as Mike Tallman, one of the three thieves who is enlisted to gain Susy's trust... from Paul's concerned looks and sincere nature we believe Mike may actually begin to feel some remorse for what he is doing to Susy...Director Jim Roehr is very successful in ensuring the performances are realistic and full of depth, and his staging makes great use of McKenna Carpenter's excellent set, which uses numerous pieces of furniture and period prop pieces to create a lifelike re-creation of a 1960s New York City basement apartment, to heighten the tension..."   -Gil Benbrook, Talkin' Broadway (click here to read the complete review)

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