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STAGE REVIEW

Making art, humanizing an artist, in ‘Red’

By Terry Byrne

 |  Globe Correspondent  

  January 10, 2012

At first blush, “Red’’ seems like an art history lecture dressed up to look like drama. But in the hands of Thomas Derrah, and under the deft direction of David R. Gammons, SpeakEasy Stage Company’s production quickly becomes a suspenseful story with life-and-death consequences. The play follows a fictionalized Mark Rothko, struggling to make paintings that engage viewers’ emotions at a time when collectors are interested in art as pleasant decoration.

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