Lonely Planet at MetroStage

Lonely Planet

MetroStage
1201 North Royal Street Alexandria

A brilliant, evocative award-winning play about the power of friendship in a world of potential terror and suffering. Dietz's love of maps and the absurdist world inhabited by Ionesco's masterpiece The Chairs, coupled with game playing, truth telling, and surprising moments of humor, creates a world where friendship and fear collide, and the compassion, empathy and commitment of Jody and Carl can resonate and survive.

Thru - Jun 17, 2012

Thursdays: 8:00pm

Fridays: 8:00pm

Saturdays: 3:00pm & 8:00pm

Sundays: 3:00pm & 7:00pm

Price: $45-$50

Show Type: Comedy/Drama

Box Office: 703-548-9044

Running Time: 1 hour 50 mins with 1 intermission

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Lonely Planet Reviews

Average Rating based on 8 reviews

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Washington Post - Highly Recommended

"... MetroStage has produced a sterling revival of it that runs through June 17. It is acted with such skill and sensitivity by Michael Russotto and Eric Sutton — under John Vreeke’s direction — that even the script’s occasional lapses into preciousness don’t really cloy. The production just charms you"

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- Jane Horwitz

DC Theater Arts - Highly Recommended

"... MetroStage’s production of Steven Dietz’s 1994 Lonely Planet is set in 1988 during the height of the AIDS epidemic. It’s a roller coaster of emotions – sometimes quiet, sometimes funny, sometimes heartbreaking, but always powerful, charming, and meaningful. It’s emotional, real, well-directed and performed. Producer Carolyn Griffin assembles a dream team for this production: Director John Vreeke and actors Michael Russotto and Eric Sutton."

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- Mike Spain

Washington Examiner - Highly Recommended

"... Skillfully directed by John Vreeke, this "Lonely Planet" is a tour de force for Russotto and Sutton, both of whom describe their characters with sensitivity and humor. Russotto makes it clear why he is drawn to the world of maps, which try to make a disorderly world look orderly. He is capable of being entertaining and scholarly at the same time, as in his description of the "Greenland Effect," where Greenland looks abnormally large on old Mercator maps, which flattened out the globe in order to make navigation easier."

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- Barbara Mackay

MetroWeekly - Recommended

"... MetroStage is to be commended for staging a play that's obviously a bit of a challenge both to describe and to find a target audience. Here's to gay people, as well as those directly affected by AIDS (or even cancer), finding this on the map before it closes the weekend after Capital Pride."

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- Doug Rule

Talkin Broadway - Highly Recommended

"... Lonely Planet,the current production at MetroStage in Alexandria, Virginia, is first and foremost a showcase of acting. Director John Vreeke has guided his two actors, Michael Russotto and Eric Sutton, to give tender and remarkably intimate performances in Steven Dietz's 1994 play about friendship in the age of AIDS."

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- Susan Berlin

Afro - Highly Recommended

Many plays dealing with the heart of the AIDS crisis feature justifiable anger and fury. Yet Steven Dietz’s 1994 play Lonely Planet demonstrates that a gentle approach can be just as powerful and touching, as it is in the excellent production now playing at MetroStage.

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- Steve McKnight

Alexandria Times - Highly Recommended

"... When an entire cast consists of only two characters — such as in Steven Dietz’s play, “Lonely Planet” — be assured the piece will reveal a deep exploration of the psyche. This thoroughly engaging, Ionesco-influenced drama is told from a gay perspective during the 1980s, when the AIDS crisis was at its apex and death prolonged, but inevitable. It’s a window into the private fears and anguish of those facing the daily loss of their loved ones."

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- Jordan Wright

DCTheatreScene - Highly Recommended

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- Steve McKnight

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Lonely Planet Reviews

Washington Post - Highly Recommended

DC Theater Arts - Highly Recommended

Washington Examiner - Highly Recommended

MetroWeekly - Recommended

Talkin Broadway - Highly Recommended

Afro - Highly Recommended

Alexandria Times - Highly Recommended

DCTheatreScene - Highly Recommended

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