THEATER REVIEW- Tapestry

Tapestry is series of vignettes and monologues (mostly the latter) that seek to span the childlike wonder at the beauty of stars, to first love, being jealous, thrill-seeking, experimenting, defying authority, and that nagging need to belong. It pushes no new boundaries, though the angry swearing accompanying every other scene change did help to keep me awake (it was a late show).

They were well written pieces, but with little to bind them together other than poetic beatnik about human emotion spanning the blink of eye, the tick before the tock, the so on and so forth…a very convenient way to create unity among vignettes, but much less whimsical or creative than say, Ray Bradbury’s “Illustrated Man.”

The kaleidoscope effect was a “this is our youth hear us roar” frustration. Every now and then it reassures me to see that teen angst did not die in the 60’s.