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RE:A terrific play, not to be missed - 4:20PM on 11/13/2011
Set in Afghanistan in 1981-91, Blood and Gifts is a tale of international espionage, diplomacy and foreign policy run amok, of promises and lies, assurances and betrayals, crosses and double crosses. On another level, it can be seen as a metaphor for what is happening in Afghanistan today, with some of the principal actors, particularly the US and Russia, having assumed slightly different roles. Wherever you might position yourself along the political spectrum, it would be worth your while to see this play if only to enable you to see things in better perspective. And for our elected representatives, this play should be required viewing.
Moreover, on yet another level, this is a story of human relationships, of husbands and wives, parents and children, and especially of fathers and sons and how man’s evolutionary imperative to carry on his line may trump all other considerations.
The play’s success is a credit not only to the playwright, J.T. Rogers, but also to its director, Bartlett Sher, and to the play’s superb cast led by Jeremy Davidson as James Warnock, the CIA station chief in Pakistan; Michael Aronov as Dmitri Gromov, Warnock’s Russian counterpart; Jefferson Mays as Simon Craig, Warnock’s British counterpart; Gabriel Ruiz as Colonel Afridi, the head of Pakistan; and Bernard White as Abdullah Khan, the mujahideen leader with secrets of his own. Kudos to them all.
I have posted an expanded review of this play and of several other Broadway, off Broadway and off off Broadway plays on my blog www.aseatontheaisle.blogspot.com.
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