On Sunday, my husband Scott and I attended the evening performance of St. Louis Actors’ Studio presents Labute New Theater Festival at The Davenport Theater (354 W. 45th St.) featuring three one-act plays by Neil LaBute.

“The truth will set you free” was the common theme of the evening. But whose truth is it?

THE FOURTH REICH, directed by John Pierson, is a one man monologue. Actor Eric Dean White plays Karl who is dressed conservatively in a blazer which when removed reveals a burgundy vest with a blue oxford dress shirt underneath. He is wearing a wedding band. He looks like an upstanding citizen who could be a professor/member of academia or a therapist)

Karl asked, “Is there anyone out there with more bad press than Adolf Hitler?”

The audience member behind us responds, “Trump.” This, which was not part of the show, might have been the most entertaining part of the night.

Karl goes on to talk about the Russians. Later, he declares, “All anyone talks about in relations to Hitler is 6 million Jews….that’s where the conversation ends?….A man is never one thing.”

Karl switches gears and brings up the “one bad thing he did as … Continue reading..