Anna in the Tropics

Tue, 09 Nov 2004 23:59:59 -800

Tuesday night, Portland Center Stage previewed their production of Anna in the
Tropics, a tale about a lector in 1929 Miami who reads great literary works to
Cuban cigar factory laborers, stirring up their emotions with the wily tales of
romantic women. As the title hints gently, the book in question is Tolstoy's
Anna Karenina. There seemed to be a desire within the play to make the
characters' lives resemble those of Anna..., though a fair amount of the
play focused on the role that the lectors played in coloring their workers' lives.
Not a bad play, but it's not London. :P