The Lincoln Center’s When the Rain Stops Falling is a new play by playwright Andrew Bovell. It’s a dark drama that shifts between several time periods.” It revolves around a set of characters at different points in their lives, from 1959 to 2039, from London to Australia. I thought this was one of the most unusual and profound plays that I’ve seen in a long time.
The play requires a lot of keeping track as the characters go in and out of each other’s lives and there’s a bit of time traveling, but it’s worth it. It’s about a Gabriel Law, a British boy raised by his mother since his father abruptly departed when he was 7 years-old. Gabrielle York, an Australian, has just endured the murder of her 8-year-old brother and suicide of her parents. They meet in Australia and fall in love. The play revolves around this story, and their parents and future spouses, and explores themes of forgiveness, pain, patterns, reliving the past and other life struggles. The cast is really, really good, including the wonderful Mary Beth Hurt.
Leave it to Lincoln Center to bring this play to fruition at the Mitzi Newhouse Theater. I like almost every play that I see there and this was no exception.
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