LAST CHANCE: Blue Door at the Arden

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LAST CHANCE: Blue Door at the Arden

POSTED: Friday, March 12, 2010, 5:30 PM

Filed Under: Arts | Arts Events Theater

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Photo | Mark Garvin for Arden Theatre Co.

Kes Khemnu as Simon/Rex/Jesse in Arden Theatre Co.'s production of Blue Door.

Thanks to our neighbor Arden Theatre Co.'s crazy-long runs, you've still got time to see Tanya Barfield's Blue Door, which Mark Cofta reviewed back in January. Here's what Cofta had to say about the show:

Philosophy of mathematics professor Lewis, played with frenetic passion by Johnnie Hobbs Jr., can't sleep because his wife has left him. His tossing and turning in their bed, surrounded by floor-to-ceiling books on Daniel Conway's dreamlike abstract set, is interrupted by storyteller Kes Khemnu, who shares Lewis' three previous generations' harrowing survival tales. ... [A] brisk tour through Simon's lineage — the play whips by in 75 minutes — proves fascinating, the ugliness of prejudice and ignorance balanced by the dynamism, genuineness and humor of the actors' performances.

From now till closing night, tickets are $10 off, which is a nice incentive for us broke-ass theater lovers. And if you're looking for something more Bardic than Blue Door? The Arden's Romeo and Juliet, which opened last week, also got rave reviews from our critic.

Through March 21, $24-$38, Arden Theatre Co., 40 N. Second St., 215-922-1122, ardentheatre.org.

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