Night Watcher.

Sometimes it is interesting to watch a one-person play for a change. Being tired of Broadway musicals with huge cast and expensive sets, I really was looking forward to see the “Night Watcher”. This play is about relationships of a woman and children, although she had never had children. This play is funny sometimes, sometimes it is sad. It shows a huge gap between generations. It also shows a lot of problems of teenagers, such as pregnancy, or like their parents don’t care about them.

It also shows how children naïve, and although nowadays they have serious “adult” problems, they probably more naïve then previous generations at their age. Like, it was really touching, when one of the girls reminded four or five times to her “aunty” that her dog died, and then, asked “Aunty, can I be your doggy now?” It shows that children these days, despite they look mature, have adult problems, and sometimes act aggressive, need more attention and love.

Charlayne Woodard’s performance was amazing. When she played a child I believed that this was the child. No doubt, she is very talented actress, and she carried her role in “Night Watcher” well.

I expected that two hours would be boring, because I love big Broadway musicals and it was one-person Off-Broadway play. But two hours went so fast that I wanted more. I really enjoyed the play and I am glad I started discovering the world of Off-Broadway theatre.