BWW Review: Layered stories trapped in the dense dialogue of [VEIL WIDOW CONSPIRACY] at Next Door @ NYTW
by Joe Lombardi - Jun 16, 2019
Presented by NAATCO (National Asian American Theatre Company), the parentheses of the title [Veil Widow Conspiracy] hint at this play's structure. The events to be unveiled center around a 1922 political murder mystery which occurred in Xinjiang, China. It is also about a 2010 movie filmed on location about that mystery. Finally, two young Asians in a dystopian Brooklyn in 2035 are discussing the film. The story lines are related and tucked inside each other but really serve to comment on philosophies and moralities.