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Tick tick... Boom! at Outre Theatre Company: The Better, Younger Sister of Rent
By John Thomason
And I'm OK with that. Unidentified Johnny Tremainswas turned into a movie in 1993, but don't bother with it this stuff is so wrigglingly, electrically alive on stage that setting it in stone for all time can serve only to debone its core of novelty and surprise. That's the stuff that the Sol Theatre Project is dealing in. From Fraser's writing to Hooker's madcap direction to his whip-smart cast, these folks understand that getting blindsided can be a lot more fun than getting affirmed.
