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Alone in the Dark: I Love You So Much I Could Die and On Set With Theda Bara
Two solo shows, looking to make the most of limited resources—and one, at least, soars.
Even in the U.K.—a real place weathering its own political storms, but also, for so long, a comparative ideal of national-arts funding in the eyes of American artists—renowned venues like the Royal Court are seeing their budgets slashed and burned so mercilessly that they’re programming whole seasons of stand-up comedy. Joey Merlo’s cunning, captivating On Set With Theda Bara first lit its murky lights at the Brick a year ago — and now, in a heartening example of institutional collaboration, the Transport Group and the Lucille Lortel Theatre have pitched in as presenters to bring it back for an encore performance. Above it hangs a row of lamps, the kind that swing over desks in messy, smoke-stained film noir offices, where tough guys in suspenders await trouble in the form of leggy dames with mysterious backstories and full wallets.
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