by Mike Hoban
Every Brilliant Thing – Written by Duncan MacMillan; Directed by Marianna Bassham; Scenic and Lighting Design by Eric Levenson; Sound Design by Lee Schuna; Costume Design by Amanda Ostrow Mason (costumes). Presented by SpeakEasy Stage Company at the Boston Center for the Arts, 527 Tremont St., Boston through March 31st.
Every Brilliant Thing, now being given its Boston premiere by Speakeasy Stage Company, is brilliant alright, but much more so for its simplicity rather than as a work that presents BIG IDEAS. Performed by the (brilliant in her own right) Adrienne Krstansky, along with what seemed to be fully half of the audience, this seventy-minute piece is a sneakily moving comedy about that most mirthful of topics – suicidal depression.
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