A sandwich has always been a kind of vehicle, ingredients riding between sliced bread. Lynn Nottage improbably turns the lunchtime staple into the storytelling engine of “Clyde’s,” her deceptively …
improbably turns the lunchtime staple into the storytelling engine of “Clyde’s,” her deceptively simple flavor-bomb of a new comedy about survival, second chances and digesting whatever life serves up.
And, yes, that starts with a sandwich. Dreaming up, if not the perfect combination, then one that’s uniquely their own, becomes a metaphor for characters striving to move forward. There’s Letitia , a quick-tongued single mom who likes to mix savory and sweet. Rafael , a goofball recovering from addiction, has a taste for richness and heat. And Jason , a quiet but hot-tempered new release covered in gang-suggestive tattoos, is working on his sophistication. It seems a Philly cheesesteak on wheat does not reflect the courage of imagination he’ll need to forge ahead.
If the title role ultimately feels underdone — the devil wears Fendi, but does she have a soul? — that’s in line with Nottage’s focus on humanizing those under Clyde’s thumb. Performances from the ensemble grow more refined as the play goes, its lens narrowing in from would-be stereotype to something more like portraiture.
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