And, despite the fact that she had the vocal chords of Ethel Merman, Katy Jacoby did a fine, nuanced job as Fabiana Aziza Cunningham, the defense lawyer in Judas’ trial.ĭanny Nucci, serving as the fawning prosecuting attorney, Yusef El Fayoumy, brought a smugly righteous gotcha! factor to the proceedings. And Thomas Evans as Caiaphas the Elder, head of the Sanhedrin, who brought a tortured rationale to his condemnation of Jesus. Ronnie Marmo (who produced the play) as Satan, for example. On the plus side there were a number of well-written cameos rendered by exceptionally fine actors.

Robert Rothbard, who directed it, describes it as 'laugh out loud funny.' If that’s what he was going for, it was obvious that the audience didn‘t get it.

Stephen Adly Guirgis, who wrote this discordant drama, set it in a subway station halfway between Heaven and Hell. These came from 18 actors playing multiple parts, representing everyone from Mother Teresa to Sigmund Freud to Julius of Outer Mongolia. It was The Last Days of Judas Iscariot, a nearly three-hour 'trial' of the man who betrayed Jesus, that raised some interesting questions and provided some questionable answers. Judas Iscariot spent most of his time in a catatonic state. Saint Monica, speaking Ebonics, was totally unintelligible. The leading lady’s voice was loud enough to give you whiplash.

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