The Conversation
Description
Kate Harris’s conscientious and only occasionally clunky adaptation of Francis Ford Coppola’s 1974 film is deliberately slow. But director Leo Farley and actor David Mogentale nimbly balance the heaviness of its main character, Harry Caul, by finding air pockets where the lonely, twitching soul yearns for connection. Although some of the Act II twists probably won’t surprise audiences as they did when the movie was originally released, this moody production marks a welcome return (after a two-year hiatus) for the 29th Street Rep, a company known for taut, intense work.—Diane Snyder
When
May 4 2008 8pm