"The Girl Detective"

[ellenkushner]

We really enjoyed the Ateh Theatre adaptation of Kelly Link's short story tonight! Smart & coherent, with a crisply competent ensemble cast, it manages to capture the dreamy dislocation and strict emotional logic of Link's work, taking it out of the realm of pure language into a lot of very clever staging: visual, kinesthetic, musical . . . leaving you with that same feeling that you've understood nothing and comprehended everything. It's also funny and entertaining and moving - the tap-dancing, boa-wearing bank robbing lineup alone is worth the price of admission. It's playing in NYC (in a really lovely small theater way over in Alphabet City - I'd love to know the history of this place! I bet it was a Yiddish theatre way back when) through March 17, with an extra performance on March 26th. Discount tix $12! here.