Archive for May, 2007
A brave work that makes its audience braver… [The Subject Tonight is Love]
Review from Linda Trichter Metalf
Everyone should see Sandra Deer’s The Subject Tonight is Love, a brave work that makes its audience braver.
For me, the play humanized a difficult subject (Alzheimer’s disease), made it more understandable, and even, from a certain point of view, comic.
As Ms. Deer shows, in dementia as in everything, life yields [...]
Posted: May 15th, 2007 under The Subject Tonight is Love
Absolutely Wonderful [The Subject Tonight is Love]
Review by Sheila Berg
I thought the play was absolutely wonderful. From the minute we sat down and looked at that stunning set I was hooked. The casting and acting was superb. The subject was difficult but handled wonderfully. Our next door neighbor has just gone into a home with this dreadful disease and his wife [...]
Posted: May 14th, 2007 under The Subject Tonight is Love
Too Close to Home [The Subject Tonight is Love]
Review by Jacqui Lehman
This was a powerful play that hit a little too close to home for me. It was too realistic to watch most of the time because of the subject matter and the all too familiar scenes that at least 85% of your audience could identify with. Although the acting was [...]
Posted: May 13th, 2007 under The Subject Tonight is Love
A Refreshing Change for MTC [The Subject Tonight is Love]
Review by Oak Dowling
My sister-in-law was in town from Southern Illinois. She is a retired nurse and my wife a retired physical therapist. They have a 91+ year old Mother. Boy, did the “Subject Tonight Is Love” hit home! My sister-in-law said it was the best play she has ever seen. I [...]
Posted: May 12th, 2007 under The Subject Tonight is Love