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CRIMES OF THE HEART Directed by Nick R. Parrillo Produced by John B. Cearley and Ali Ruth Davis At the Loeb Mainstage October 29, 30, 31 at 8pm October...
...should not surprise audiences of Crimes of the Heart to learn that Babe Botrelle did not kill her husband when she shot him (she aimed for his heart but hit his stomach): she's a good Southern woman, after all, and among the other myths she heard about men and women, she undoubtedly learned that "the only way to a man's heart is through his stomach...
When an inspired and talented cast under the direction of Nick R. Parrillo '00 took aim at Beth Henley's difficult Crimes of the Heart, though, it hit the bull's-eye. Great Harvard plays usually work because they're big, smart and offer a thinking audience cerebral pyrotechnics and heady intellectualism; Crimes works because it rings true for anyone who has ever...
...this fall's productionof Crimes of the Heart will not beremembered as the season's loudest, mostrevolutionary play; its distinction, instead, willbe its unforgettable characters, virtuosoperformances, authentic seamlessness and--most ofall--its resonant truth
Barker assembles a cast of Londoners, misfits all, for her novel. Lily, the girl born wihtout fully-formed organs: Sara, Lily's mother and a boar farmer: Luke, the former pornographic photographer who smells of fish; Ronny, missing his big toes. At the slippery heart of her tale are two adult brothers, Nathan and Jim (whose name is really Ronny--all will be explained later) and Nathan's quest for redemption at not forcing his brother to escape from their pedophilic father...