‘Every Brilliant Thing,’ presented by City Lights Theater Company, explores how we cope with life’s cruelties.
Number 315 — the smell of books.The joy in the City Lights Theater Company’s radiant production of “Every Brilliant Thing” is immediate as the “Narrator” works the room, prepping audience members with the numbered items of brilliance they will shout out when the show begins — morsels of satisfying jubilance shared with others who adorn the stage floor.
The Narrator’s answer to his mother’s depression is to craft a list for her that encompasses everything wonderful in life. It’s a simplistic goal constructed from the mind of a small child in order to deliver mirth to mother, but something funny happens on his path to providence. The list takes on a life of its own, his own mental struggles benefitting from such magnificent items that define the bulk of his earthly existence.
Alabastro’s attention to the craft of storytelling entrances. When one audience member, representing a veterinarian, moved slightly away from honesty, Alabastro gently and warmly reminded her of maintaining the tale’s integrity as they moved forward together and tried again.
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