Can you make a good drama out of secret political peace talks in which there are no car chases, homicidal threats or a love story? You can if you are playwright J.T. Rogers.
A play about a rich and yet troubled era in the history of Russia, when the country was ruled by the Czars, dominated by the rich and fighting for its life against Napoleon.
See "The Glass Menagerie." It is produced every few years somewhere and remains a classic story with memorable characters, even the battered Unicorn in Laura’s glass menageries itself.
What really stands out about "Bull in a China Shop" is the history. The audience learns a great deal about the women’s movement, from 1899 to the start of World War II.
The story, full of very funny dialogues and deep, finely etched characters, is a wrenching family story and a nice look at a religion in which many of its members worry. And worry. And worry.
The play about him is a nice story about Powell’s achievements in his lifelong battle against racism in which he represented Harlem for nearly three decades in Congress. It leaves out the bad parts.
