Deavere Smith digs up a heap o’ stories
There’s a slight mechanical groan when the first trap door opens, and Anna Deavere Smith’s eyes flash. She looks at the hole in the stage, looks at us. It becomes clear that she’s not playing a character anymore. She’s playing herself, the writer and performer of “Let Me Down Easy.” She steps down into what can only be a grave, and starts to dig.
According to the program, “Let Me Down Easy” is “an exploration of the resiliency and vulnerability of the human body.” Imaginably, there’s a lot to unearth. The play takes the same form as Smith’s earlier solo work: several dozen...
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