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When the SoHo Playhouse isnt kitted out with a full set, you might really feel its age.
Workman has won awards as a comic, and theres a sly humor wound throughout Aberdeens shadows.
Montgomerys soaring-hearted heroine ofAnne of Green Gables,Anne Shirley.
In that red-haired orphan, the red-lipped, tattooed Workman has a kindred spirit.
You filled our heads with hope, and in your own image made us, Cassie weeps.
And then you checked out, and left us here … You betrayed us.
Glowing through the chilly layers of grunge and sorrow,Aberdeenhas a luminous heart.
Serio recently persuaded a lot of very starry, very talented actors to doUncle Vanyain a loft.
Thomass play has the kind of intentionally limited container thats built for almost anthropological character observation.
Theres no one there, dont worry, Daniel reassures Sam as the play begins.
We use it for a different kind of therapy.
Can be hard for one therapist to pick up on all the, you know … dynamics.
Little looks and things …
But theres no one there now.
Domestic specimens may be wilder than they appear.
Why are you so nice?
Like Cassie Workman, Daniel is bearing witness to something few can bear to look at.
Aberdeenis at the Soho Playhouse through February 11.The Animal Kingdomis at the Connelly Theater Upstairs through February 10.
