The Gathering
Opening Night: April 24, 2001
Closing: May 1, 2001
Theater: Cort Theatre
Tony Award winner Hal Linden stars in The Gathering, a new drama by Arje Shaw. The controversial political drama explores the conflict between three generations of a family struggling to express their individuality. The action unfolds in the living room of Gabe, a Holocaust survivor, and in Bitburg Germany, site of President Reagan’s controversial visit. Rebecca Taylor directs.
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April 25, 2001
”The Gathering” by Arje Shaw isn’t a terribly good play, but it is an affecting sermon. The issue is forgiveness, the lesson is that the endless harboring of anger and resentment — even over the egregious cruelties of the Holocaust — is a soul-warping endeavor, and the message is that, for their own good as well as the world’s, it is time for Jewish survivors to let go of their vengefulness and allow the healing to begin.
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