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MBy Julianne McShane ake an appointment with the
Gallery Players!
The latest production from
Park Slope’s own theater company is a
twisty mystery tale full of compelling
characters who must grapple with questions
of love, freedom — and murder.
“Appointment with Death,” which runs
through Dec. 16, was adapted for the stage
— and given a different ending — by the
legendary author Agatha Christie, based
on her novel of the same name.
The story is set in Jerusalem in 1938,
where Mrs. Boynton (Noelle McGrath,
fantastic as a sadistic old battle-ax) has
dragged her brood of adult stepchildren
— nearly brainwashed Raymond
(Ryan Wright); paranoid Ginevra (Rosa
Procaccino, wonderful as a woman convinced
the others are out to poison her);
and listless Lennox (David Jacobs) and his
wife, Nadine (Rhiannon McClintock) —
to take in the sights of the holy city.
There is plenty of drama in the group,
as elderly Mrs. Boynton barks orders at
her cowed family, but initially, Nadine is
the only member of the pack with enough
perspective to realize that the old woman
controls their lives.
But once this gang meets a disjointed
cast of characters staying at the same hotel
— including a cerebral pair of doctors, a
self-possessed British dame, and a feisty
Irish lad, among others — all of their lives
quickly become intertwined. Raymond
falls for British doctor Sarah King (a
remarkable Kat Murphy), whom his mother
hates — and after a series of revelations,
both brothers become convinced that the
old woman must die.
But when Mrs. Boynton mysteriously
drops dead, suspicions abound — because
everyone seems to have a motive!
You’ll have to see the play to find out
whodunnit. Only one person did the deed
— but nearly all of the characters will, at
one point or another, have you on the edge
of your seat during this exceptional show.
“Appointment with Death” at Gallery
Players (199 14th St. between Fourth and
Fifth avenues in Park Slope, (718) 595–
0547, www.galleryplayers.com). Through
Dec. 16; Thu–Fri at 8 pm; Sat at 2 pm and
8 pm; Sun at 3 pm. $25 ($20 seniors and
kids under 12).
Death becomes her: Matriarch Mrs. Boynton
(Noelle McGrath) berates her son Raymond
(Ryan Wright) in the convoluted mystery, now
running at Gallery Players. Alice Teeple
A killer show!
Don’t miss your ‘Appointment with Death’
Deadly earnest: In the play “Appointment with
Death,” now running at the Gallery Players in
Park Slope, Ginevra Boynton (Rosa Procaccino)
discusses the mysterious murder with Colonel
Carbery (Taylor Hanes). Alice Teeple
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