If the prospect of an old religious trial about belief in God and adherence to rules sounds heavy and grim, give David Ives' version a chance. The playwright best known for comedy makes a potentially leaden historical drama a lively and inspiring debate in New Jerusalem: The Interrogation of Baruch de Spinoza at Talmud Torah Congregation: Amsterdam, July 27, 1656.
SOURCE: City Paper (Philadelphia) at 06:04AM on October 21, 2011