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Mike and Lisa Davis arrive at the apartment of Tobi Powell, who lives alone in Inwood, on the northern tip of Manhattan. They are there to interview him about his life as a dancer and choreographer, but it is soon evident that their agenda is as multilayered as the life story that Tobi begins to tell them. What happens next will either ruin or inspire them and definitely change their lives forever.
- GenresPlays
59 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2004
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Stephen Belber
31 books2 followersStephen Belber is an American playwright, screenwriter and film director.
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January 8, 2014
I like to go into a play not really knowing what it's about - I think that's part of the beauty of them: seeing the story unfold slowly and coming up to that a-ha moment where all the pieces start to fall into place. "Match" does a nice job in the lead-up to the reveal. So, if you like to not know the premise of a play, stop reading; otherwise, here is the break-down.
Mike and Lisa show up at Tobi's apartment under the pretense of interviewing him, a classical dance choreographer, for Lisa's Master's thesis. Mike and Lisa have a hidden agenda: namely, to find out what type of person Tobi is, as he is suspected of being Mike's biological father; at least, this is who his mother named on her deathbed. I was having a hard time getting into the story because Tobi talked a lot about his drug- and sex-addled days when he was touring as a dancer. None of this talk made him a very likable person. His character really comes to life, and is sympathetic in Act 2, where he bares a lot of hard truths to Lisa, and Lisa bares them back to him. I'm not sure if I loved the resolution of the play, but I was certainly enthralled with what would happen next to these strangers. I kept trying to picture Frank Langella as Tobi, and Ray Liotta as Mike (the original casting) and I think that these actors would have added some additional flavor to the script.
Mike and Lisa show up at Tobi's apartment under the pretense of interviewing him, a classical dance choreographer, for Lisa's Master's thesis. Mike and Lisa have a hidden agenda: namely, to find out what type of person Tobi is, as he is suspected of being Mike's biological father; at least, this is who his mother named on her deathbed. I was having a hard time getting into the story because Tobi talked a lot about his drug- and sex-addled days when he was touring as a dancer. None of this talk made him a very likable person. His character really comes to life, and is sympathetic in Act 2, where he bares a lot of hard truths to Lisa, and Lisa bares them back to him. I'm not sure if I loved the resolution of the play, but I was certainly enthralled with what would happen next to these strangers. I kept trying to picture Frank Langella as Tobi, and Ray Liotta as Mike (the original casting) and I think that these actors would have added some additional flavor to the script.
March 18, 2015
Super intense little number. Husband might be acting in this soon. Lots of emotions running on high.
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