An Alter Ego With Attitude,In ‘Hand to God,’ Steven Boyer’s Puppet Is Unfiltered
Charles IsherwoodMarch 10, 2014: All of us play unhappy host to a demon or two roosting in our brains, urging us on to bad behavior now and then: a cutting remark, a catty tweet. But after watching the terrific, scary-funny play Hand to God, by Robert Askins, I am very glad I don’t own a hand puppet. Possibly, this needs some explaining. Mr. Askins’s dark comedy, which opened on Monday night at the Lucille Lortel Theater, features a brilliant performance by Steven Boyer in the central role of a troubled but good-hearted teenager, Jason, who’s forced to participate in a church puppet pageant. On his left arm resides a fellow he’s named Tyrone, made of gray knit material trimmed in bright red fur, with big, black eyes.
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