The vital off-broadway Pearl theatre company ends its 26th season with a workmanlike production of Frank D. Gilroys' 1964 Pulitzer Prize winning THE SUBJECT WAS ROSES. This kitchen-sink drama about past mistakes and misunderstandings in a post W.W.two family is mostly what it was 46 years ago. Maybe a little slow-starting but rich in plot development and well defined characterizations. The cast of three is fine and the stage direction by Amy Wright is well thought out and generally efective.
I still have very fond memories of that 1964 production and this one doesn't erase any of them, but it is still a good production of a fine play. Worth checking out.
At THE N.Y. CITY CENTER STAGE II 131 WEST 55th STREET N.Y.C THRU MAY 9th.
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