The
time, 10:52 pm 8 December 1980, outside the Dakota Apartments New
York. Five shots ring out. John Lennon has been shot and as he
struggles for life Lennon's life flashes before him.
Valentine
Pelka is Lennon, he looks like him, he talks like him and gives a
magnificent performance of the trials and tribulations, the highs
and lows, the success and failures of this “rock'n'roll'' hero.
Pelka's
performance is captivating. Assisted by very able direction by
writer Alexander Marshall and the male and female gatekeepers
Merwin Goldsmith and Wilma Mondi, the piece never flags and is over
far too soon.
It
is scheduled for Broadway next year, so take my advice, miss it at
your peril, get your ticket now, or you will really have missed
out.
***** |