THEATRE REVIEW: Not to be melodramatic but, Different Stages' revival of The Tavern is a satire worth sitting through.
takes place one stormy night in the 1800s on a dark and lonely road. There sits an old inn run by coldhearted Freeman . He lives with his cowardly man-child son, Zach ; their high-strung servant, Sally , who Zach loves; and an utterly clueless hired man, Willum . Zach stumbles upon a mysterious, devil-may-care vagabond sleeping in the woodshed along with a strange and frenzied woman who claims she is heading to the state capital to tell the governor some rather shocking news.
Let's see. Stormy night, lonely road, and one-dimensional characters whose wardrobes define them? Check. Convoluted storyline filled with heightened drama followed by odd coincidences and quick, convenient conflict resolution? You bet. Overacting, loud speaking, and broad gestures? For sure. Earnestly performing these melodrama tropes while simultaneously turning them into comedy is no easy task and comes with risk. When satire fails it fails hard. Director Norman Blumensaadt knows this and has found himself a talented ensemble that completely buys into the play's satirical world and has the chops to live in it., his wit, charm, and lack of loyalty entertain while giving him leeway to speak the truth about the characters around him.
Blumensaadt, Charlie Boas , and Amy Lewis have created the perfect place for this clever cast to play. The Scottish Rite Theater stage itself, with its pronounced proscenium arch, shouts vaudeville from the get-go while Freeman's Tavern – built with a balance of realism and overt theatricality – allows for melodrama and satire to unfold.
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