“Dreyfus in Rehearsal” – Arizona Jewish Theatre Company
This review aired on KBAQ January 30, 2012
HISTORIC EVENT DOESN’T WORK AS PLAY IN “DREYFUS IN REHEARSAL”
“DREYFUS IN REHEARSAL”
Arizona Jewish Theatre Company, John Paul Theatre, Phoenix College
Phoenix, AZ
There’s a fascinating historical story behind “Dreyfus in Rehearsal,” Arizona Jewish Theatre Company’s current production, but playwright Jean-Claude Grumberg and adapter Garson Kanin never link the history effectively with a small Polish theater troupe that is presenting a play about it. The result is a long, slow, amazingly dry, and lifeless play.
There are some awkward stabs at making the “Dreyfus Affair,” a rigged trial of French-Jewish Army Captain Alfred Dreyfus in the 1890s, … Continue Reading