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'Birds': A Tale Too Tangled To Fly; Jennifer Maisel's Tangled Urban Fairy Tale Never Takes Off

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From: The Washington Post
Date: 20070703
Author:Peter Marks - Washington Post Staff Writer

Never to be confused with similarly titled works by Hitchcock and Aristophanes, Jennifer Maisel's "Birds" is a confoundingly tangled urban fairy tale about magical vagrants and yuppies who've stopped showering.

Although the play, in its world premiere, has been mounted with a certain visual vitality by Rorschach Theatre, the hour-and-a-half production feels like a chore and a half. At this stage of its development, the piece is still closer to a purple classroom exercise than the meaningfully poetic experience the author appears to intend.

Maisel is also author of "The Last Seder," a family ...

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