Jane Comfort’s restaging of FAITH HEALING flies into the Joyce SoHo this week (photo by Arthur Elgort)
Joyce SoHo
155 Mercer St.
October 27-31, $22
212-352-3101
www.joyce.org
www.janecomfortandcompany.org
Inspired by Tennessee Williams’s THE GLASS MENAGERIE, Jane Comfort’s FAITH HEALING was first performed in 1992, with Mark Dendy playing Amanda Wingfield, a single mother raising two kids in the South. Comfort is restaging the dance-theater piece this week as part of Joyce Soho’s American Masterpieces series, with Dendy reprising his role, which is not done in drag. FAITH HEALING examines fantasy versus reality, using Tom Wingfield’s love of movies to lead into vignettes in which the cast re-creates iconic film scenes through dance. Tom is played by Sean Donovan, with Heather Christian taking on Laura and Matthew Hardy as the Gentleman Caller. The October 29 performance will be followed by an After Hours @ Joyce SoHo Q&A.