". . . The Keegan Theatre, whose recent version of Williams’ masterpiece “A Streetcar Named Desire” was theatrical dynamite, continues its Williams mini-festival with a revival of two of his one-act plays, “Portrait of a Madonna” and “Suddenly Last Summer.” “Madonna” is an apt choice for the production’s curtain-raiser, since Williams recycled this 1944 vignette as the final scene of “Streetcar.” . . . Keegan’s presentation . . .boasts some fine performances, especially [Sheri s.] Herren and Timothy Hayes Lynch’s sympathetic turn as the apartment building’s porter."

 

"The second play “Suddenly Last Summer,” which premiered in 1958, is Southern gothic with a vengeance. Williams’ only foray into the horror genre, this is a grotesque fable worthy of an EC comic book. . . Herren makes a genuinely sinister black widow-type in the part of Violet. As Catharine, [Marybeth] Fritzkey. . .makes the most of this opportunity to sink her teeth into a role of real dramatic substance. Her rendition of the play’s climactic monologue, in which Catharine relates how Sebastian
met his shocking fate on the beach of Cabeza del Lobo, provides the proper turn of the screw a grisly tale like this requires."

 

"Directed well by Leslie A. Kobylinski . . .the folks at Keegan have once again done justice to one of America’s finest playwrights." Thurs, Dec 1, 2005--Doug Krentzlin

 

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