“Orphans”–Fostering and Festering
This year the 1983 play “Orphans” by Lyle Kessler is nominated for two Tony Awards: Outstanding Revival of a Broadway Play and Outstanding Featured Actor (Tom Sturridge). I hope that this emotional tour-de-force wins both awards!
This play debuted with Ben Foster (from “Six Feet Under”) as Treat, Tom Sturridge (“Being Julia”) as Philip, and Alec Baldwin (“30 Rock”) as Harold. The story opens in a dilapidated Philadelphia house shared by two brothers: Treat, a small-time hoodlum, and his younger mentally disabled brother Philip, who hides in...