Howard Miller takes a look at Between the Bars at the HERE Center:
Theater often prefers artistic truth over literal truth for the simple reason that the former tends to provide a far more engrossing experience for an audience. We are supposed to contribute to the evening by suspending our disbelief and allowing ourselves to get swept up in the events as the story unfolds. Unfortunately, Lynn Clay Byrne's prison drama, Between the Bars, opening tonight at HERE Arts Center, adheres too closely to capturing moments of the reality of its subject matter by offering up what amounts to a series of snapshots rather than a compelling plot or a driving theme. |
