Hangmen
Martin McDonagh
San Jose Stage Company
Take your seat; fasten your seatbelt; and prepare for another dark comedy, rollercoaster ride on the Martin McDonagh Express, once again available for a sinister, laugh-filled ride as terrifically and terrifyingly staged by San Jose Stage Company where audiences have howled and cringed in equal measures five times in the past for such McDonagh hits as The Beauty of Queen of Leenane, The Lonesome West, and most recently in 2018, The Lieutenant of Inishmore.
With a brilliant cast of Bay Area stage stars quite familiar and beloved by its audiences, The Stage now opens the West Coast premiere of McDonagh’s latest acclaimed award-winner, Hangmen, a hilarious and horrific take on capital punishment and the increasing acceptance of violence as a means to seemed justice. Hangmen, like most other Martin McDonagh plays, is one where an audience member’s loud, almost uncontrolled laughter tonight leads to tomorrow’s stomach queasiness and a pause for deep introspection
Please proceed to Talkin’Broadway for the rest of my review.
Rating: 4.5 E
A Theatre Eddys Best Bet Production
Hangmen continues through April 28, 2024, in West Coast premiere production of two-hours, thirty minutes (with intermission) by San Jose Stage Company, 490 South 1st Street, San Jose, CA. Tickets are available online at www.thestage.org or by email at boxoffice@thestage.org.
Photo by Dave Lepori
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