Review: ‘The Kite Runner’ Trips From Page to Stage
It’s easier in the novel to ride the twists and turns of Amir’s journey, even as he leaves Hassan behind in the first third of the story. Onstage the play shuffles along, and it’s hard to stay invested in this unpalatable hero with Hassan in the rearview mirror.
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I’ve never really understood Sarah Silverman, I don’t get her “quirkily” vulgar comedy, her baby-voiced delivery, or her music video about “fucking Matt Damon”. Maybe it’s a generational thing, who knows. Regardless, I was quite nervous walking into The Bedwetter, a new musical playing at the Atlantic’s Linda Gross Theatre, based on Silverman’s memoir The […]
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