Not for Credit: The Enduring Power of Puppetry

Following on our discussion of The Love Suicides at Amijima, you might be interested in this review of a play that just opened in New York.  The opening sentence:

Only a performer of monumental presence can withstand the theatrical typhoon that is Mandy Pantinkin.  So hats off to the frail-looking child-size marionette who walks away with "Compulsion," the straight-line bio-drama by Rinne Groff, starring Mandy Patinkin at full force.

Casting Anne Frank as a marionette might sound like an act of monumental bad taste, but according to this review, it makes for a moving and effective drama.