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Through May 28: "Unexpected Tenderness"

Harlequin Productions

"Unexpected Tenderness": Israel Horovitz doe sit again.

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In my review of Harlequin's pyrotechnic April show, boom, I said I enjoyed the script but wasn't sure who else would. Now director Scot Whitney brings us what has been described as the reverse of that prediction, by no less vested an observer than the playwright himself. In his notes to the published edition of Unexpected Tenderness, Israel Horovitz wrote, "It is ... that thing that audiences love and critics seem to loathe: a memory play."

To read Christian Carvajal's full review of Unexpected Tenderness click here.

[Harlequin Productions, through May 28, 8 p.m. Thurs-Sat, 2 p.m. Sun, $28-$31, 202 Fourth Ave. E., Olympia, 360.786.0151]

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