Sal Viscuso in ‘A Steady Rain’

(Left to right: Thomas Vincent Kelly, Sal Viscuso (Soap’s Father Tim), assistant director Deidra Edwards, director Jeff Perry)

Still trying to catch up on backlogged work and fighting “drive lag,” but I wanted to share this photo with you, and to urge anyone in the LA area to check out the Odyssey Theatre’s production of A Steady Rain.

I’m sure I’ll go into the opening night performance in detail later this week but really, anybody with the slightest interest in good drama should see this. Two men, two chairs, 90 minutes, a tiny theater, and you won’t even blink as this drama plays itself out. Mesmerizing.

Photo courtesy of Sal Viscuso

Sal Viscuso in ‘A Steady Rain’

Just got off the phone with the amazing Sal Viscuso,* who’s gearing up for a tense two-man drama: A Steady Rain by Keith Huff at The Odyssey Theatre in West Los Angeles starting Feb. 22, 2014. It will be directed by Jeff Perry, co-founder (with Gary Sinise) of the Steppenwolf Theatre Co. (Perry can also be seen these days as Cyrus on the ABC drama Scandal.)

If the title sounds familiar, that’s because Hugh Jackman and Daniel Craig made headlines when they performed A Steady Rain on Broadway in 2009. (This was also the production in which Jackman told an audience member to get off their cell phone. Yes, apparently some people have to be told these things….) Sal is playing the Hugh Jackman role.

Stay tuned for ticket information when it becomes available.

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*If you want to know one reason why I call Sal amazing, you need to check out his story in the Soap book. Really.