A particular strain of moody romanticism pervades “One Discordant Violin,” a monologue with music adapted by Anthony Black from a jejune short story that Yann Martel (“Life of Pi”) wrote in his 20s . The show itself, though handsomely designed, is a wan affair, presented by the Canadian troupe 2B Theater Company at 59E59 Theaters. Light, shadow, music, sound, voice — these are the vivid elements of a production with a less than scintillating tale to tell. The narrator, portrayed by Black, is the kind of guy who will go on at length about Joseph Conrad’s semicolon usage. He is struck to the core by an encounter with an alcoholic janitor who is also a brilliant, unrecognized composer.

Source: New York Times November 03, 2019 19:52 UTC