I enjoyed A Few Good Men quite a lot. I stayed awake through the whole play. It's very engaging. The audience (Philip included) gasped and chuckled and cheered right on cue. The time jumping is a little jarring but you're able to pick up on it fast enough to follow. It's a play of enduring relevance. At its core it interrogates the conundrum of obeying/disobeying illegal orders. Under the current administration, illegal orders are run of the mill. But are people brave enough to disobey? One question I have is about the power of internal affairs vs JAG. I would think that internal affairs should already have ultimate power to dole out punishment for breaches of protocol. And yet Galloway needs to join the defense counsel to get involved.
I liked the lighting, creating hallways where there are none. The set is versatile, with just a couple tables and chairs. The stage is very deep but they don't really use the stage to its full effect. Tom Blyth is magnetic but he did slip up a couple times, garbling his lines. I loved the show anyway.
