The Rainmaker: Why We Keep Reviving That Old Chestnut
Santa Monica's Edgemar Center has a new production
This style almost goes off the rails when Standley's Starbuck waltzes in, licking his lips at Lizzie and making his promises to save the farm — promises that threaten to make fools of people who are suffering and desperate.
The production is saved in part by its linchpin, Frederick's droll, rat-smart Lizzie. With subtlety and composure that often belies the text, she knows who she is and what she wants. Though the play is over-written, Frederick's performance lies so entrenched beneath the lines, it's as though she absorbs the play's excesses so that they don't even show.
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Edgemar Center for the Arts
2437 Main St.
Santa Monica, CA 90405
Category: Community Venues
Region: Santa Monica
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Her terrific performance is not enough to turn the play into a classic, but it does provide enough of an emotional pull to reveal the reasons why it keeps getting staged.
THE RAINMAKER | By N. Richard Nash | Edgemar Center for the Arts, 2437 Main St., Santa Monica | Thurs.-Sat., 7:30 p.m.; Sun., 5 p.m.; through March 24 | (310) 399-3666 | edgemarcenter.org
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