The Stranger, October 27th, 2005
Directed by Seattle Children's Theatre Artistic Director Linda Hartzell, The Grapes of Wrath is an understated achievement. Frank Galati's Tony Award--winning adaptation balances Steinbeck's journalistic tone with the tragic power of the Joad family's iconic journey from a foreclosed Dust Bowl farm to California's corrupt, exploitative orchards.
Hartzell's spare production emphasizes the human story, making Wrath an actor's play. Todd Jefferson Moore shines as Jim Casy, the mendicant ex-preacher who lost Jesus, went into the wilderness "to do some figurin'," and returned as a big-hearted and ...
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