Subscribe | Manage Your Subscription | E-Edition | About Us | Place A Classified Ad | Advertising Rates | Wedding Forms
Close Panel
Weather
Home
Story Index Your Lowcountry Lottery Traffic Cam Weddings Obituaries E-Edition Classifieds
News
Local/State Weather Politics Columnists Nation/World Offbeat Special Reports Report News Text Alerts Archives
Watchdog
Restaurant Inspections Report Handicapped Parking Violations Where sex offenders live Who got busted or sued State Employee Salaries Fraud Report Fraud/Abuse
Sports
Local Sports High School College Clemson Carolina Battery Riverdogs Stingrays National Sports Sports Columnists Family Circle Cup Bridge Run
Business
Local Business Business Review Real Estate Automotive Columnists
Entertainment
Preview Events Restaurants Movies Music Columnists Games Comics
Features
Moxie Your Health Family Life Lowcountry Parent Arts/Travel Home/Garden Food Get Out People Faith/Values Columnists
Multimedia
Video Audio Photo Galleries Man On The Street Share Photos Share Video All Multimedia
Blogs
All Blogs Bryce Donovan State Politics Battery RiverDogs Stingrays Carolina The Citadel Clemson College of Charleston Prep Sports Lowcountry Links
Editorial
Editorials Letters to the Editor Commentary Cartoons
Customer Care
Contact Us About Us Subscribe Place An Ad

'The Seafarer' not average warm, fuzzy holiday tale

by Carol Furtwangler
Post and Courier Reviewer
Sunday, September 7, 2008


Even for those of you who choose to put up your Christmas tree before Thanksgiving, Pure Theatre's production inaugurating its sixth season, which opened Saturday night, is still a tad early.

While the setting for the play is indeed the holiday season, Conor McPherson's "The Seafarer" is hardly a typical Santa Claus story.

It is a hard-hitting drama that packs an especially powerful punch as directed by Pure's co-founder and artistic director Sharon Graci.

Her hand-picked cast of five men, veterans all, play off each other and to and through each other in consummate ensemble fashion.

Rodney Lee Rogers' Sharky is a study in deep-seated melancholy befitting a poor Irish lad, a demanding role that Rogers captured perfectly.

David Mandel turns in another finely honed performance as Ivan, while R.W. Smith breezes in with irrepressible enthusiasm as Nicky.

Rage, fear, death and despair, alcoholism, haunting and hurting, sprinkled with humor — basically, everything Irish — provide the undercurrents that are realized in Mr. Lockhart.

Mark Landis offers a meticulously sculpted performance, emanating a near-palpable sense of impending doom. Stay rooted to your chair at Circular Congregational Church for a couple of twisted, haunting hours.



Share this story:
E-mail this story E-mail this story Printer-friendly version Printer-friendly version   Add this
Notice about comments:
The Post and Courier is pleased to offer readers the ability to comment on stories. We expect our readers to engage in lively, yet civil discourse. The Post and Courier does not edit user submitted statements and we cannot promise that readers will not occasionally find offensive or inaccurate comments posted in the comments area. Responsibility for the statements posted lies with the person submitting the comment, not postandcourier.com. If you find a comment that is objectionable, please click "suggest removal" and we will review it for possible removal. Please be reminded, however, that in accordance with our Terms of Use and federal law, we are under no obligation to remove any third party comments posted on our Web site.
Full terms and conditions can be read here.

Comments

This article has  0 comment(s)