FEVER
posted by James Reel
If you peruse the latest Tucson Weekly, you’ll see that I’m quite impressed by the Rogue Theatre’s production of Wallace Shawn’s The Fever, featuring J. Andrew McGrath:
He veers from one subject to another; at the time, the transition makes sense, but a moment later, you can't remember how he got from the subject of ice cream to an anecdote about a woman who joined the guerrillas in the hills. He is sick. He is feverish. Something in him needs to be purged. …You can find the full review here.
Cynthia Meier directs actor J. Andrew McGrath in a production stripped down to its absolute essentials. The Fever has been presented elsewhere with elaborate sound and light cues, even dancers. That's a mistake, I think; Meier wisely focuses our concentration on McGrath, because all the color and distraction we need exist in the feverish mind of his character.
