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THE COLONY HAS A TRIUMPH IN JOANNA McCLELLAND GLASS’ TRYING.
THE PLAY IS BASED ON THE PLAYWRIGHTS EXPERIENCES AS SECRECTARY TO U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL FRANCIS BIDDLE, NOW CRANKY AND IN HIS SELF DECLARED LAST YEAR OF LIFE. WHILE THERE ARE MANY TWO PERSON OLDER/YOUNGER PLAYS OUT THERE THIS ONE IS FACINATING BECAUSE THE CHARACTERS ARE REAL AND JUDGE BIDDLE’S LIFE VERY INTERESTING. BESIDES COMING FROM GENERATIONS OF PUBLIC SERVANTS, HE WAS THE CHIEF U.S. JUDGE AT THE FAMOUS NUREMBERG TRIALS AFTER WWII. WHAT MAKES THIS PRODUCTION A TRIUMPH (SELLING OUT) IS THE PERFORMANCE OF ALAN MANDEL A VETERAN ACTOR WHO GIVES ONE OF THE BEST PERFORMANCES THIS REVIEWER HAS SEEN IN HIS LONG CAREER. HE IS WONDERFULLY SUPPORTED BY REBECCA MOZO AS HIS SECRECTARY. THE DIRECTION BY CAMERAON WATSON, THE SETS BY THE EVER TALENTED VICTORIA PROFITT, LIGHTING BY JARED SAYEG, AND COSTUMES BY A JEFFEREY SCHOENBERG COMBINED WITH THE TWO TERRIFIC PERFORMANCES MAKE THIS A MEMERABLE EVENING IN THE THEATRE,