The Exonerated | Review by Brian Gilmore
In the following review, Gilmore comments on the docu-style presentation and the “relentless first-person testimony” that engulfs observers in The Exonerated, forcing them to examine the play’s controversial topic.
After appearing in a recent performance of Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen’s documentary drama The Exonerated, actor Ben Vereen signed poetry books in the lobby of New York City’s Bleecker Theater. Vereen hadn’t written the books himself. The author was the person he portrays in the play, Delbert Tibbs, who spent years on death row. When I bought my copy of Tibbs’ Songs Singing Songs, I asked Vereen why he took the role.
“The message is so important,” he stated emphatically.
Vereen is not the only famous actor who feels that way. Since The...
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