THE STORY: In CHARITY, by Leonard Melfi, the action again takes place at the same site in Central Park, but this time after nightfall. A woman swigs brandy and talks to the statue and then, suddenly, draws a gun and accosts another woman, an artist who has come to capture the statue on canvas. But the gun isn’t loaded. In fact, as she demonstrates by persuading the artist to “hold up” another pair of evening strollers, the gun is really a way to spread love and good cheer—which, with infectious whimsy, the play most certainly does.
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Faith, Hope and Charity.
