As a native New Yorker turned Londoner there is nothing I delight in more than getting the chance to be transported to an apartment in the Bronx for a couple of hours with some colourful and desperate characters. The references to the Whitestone bridge, the Grand Concourse, and the 95 in “Chicken” by new playwright, Mike Batistick, made me giggle with a tinge of nostalgia for home.
This Bronx tale tells the story of two mates who grew up in an orphanage together so they’re like practically “brothas” ( insert your best Bronx accent here). However, years later we find Wendal (Craig Kelly) has turned into an unhappy fast-food eating toll collector and has to deal with Floyd (Cristian Solimano) who wants to train up an ailing rooster for an illegal cockfight. Wendal’s smoking and boozing pregnant wife Lina (Lisa Maxwell) is also dealing with some of her own problems...
This Bronx tale tells the story of two mates who grew up in an orphanage together so they’re like practically “brothas” ( insert your best Bronx accent here). However, years later we find Wendal (Craig Kelly) has turned into an unhappy fast-food eating toll collector and has to deal with Floyd (Cristian Solimano) who wants to train up an ailing rooster for an illegal cockfight. Wendal’s smoking and boozing pregnant wife Lina (Lisa Maxwell) is also dealing with some of her own problems...
- 7/19/2012
- by MJ Palleschi
- Obsessed with Film
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