Kenrex @ the Lucille Lortel Theatre
The Play: Kenrex; an imaginative retelling of a true crime story about a small town bully who terrorizes his neighbors until they join forces to stop him Written by: Jack Holden & Ed Stambollouian Directed by: Ed Stambollouian One good thing: Holden shows why he won the Olivier’s Best Actor award over such better-known heavyweights as Bryan Cranston, Sean Hayes and Tom Hiddleston as— aided by terrific sound design and excellent lighting — he deftly plays 35 different characters; and John Patrick Elliott is equally versatile as he plays guitar, drums and keyboard to provide the brooding country-rock score that punctuates the narrative One not-so-great thing: The show is clearly meant to be an indictment of the loopholes in the American legal system but also kind of comes off as an uncomfortable endorsement of vigilante justice