Marc Miller takes a look at Toni Stone
Maybe I'm too stupid for Toni Stone. Lydia R. Diamond's bio-comedy-drama at Roundabout's Laura Pels Theatre is about what ought to be a fascinating subject, the first woman to play pro baseball in the Negro Leagues; is blessed with a reliable director, Pam MacKinnon; gets a crisp production, dominated by Riccardo Hernandez's formidable set, a bleacher grandstand in some Podunk town; and efficiently has its gifted cast of nine switching roles and viewpoints, while building up and tearing down the fourth wall. So why, for so much of Toni Stone's running time, am I sitting there going, and your point is? . . . |
