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‘Dana H’ Review: A Riveting Act of Theatrical Shamanism
Frank Rizzo “I’m in this world but I’m not,” the middle-aged woman confesses to an unseen interviewer in Lucas Hnath’s “Dana H.,” a mesmerizing solo show of theatrical shamanism that is receiving its Broadway bow.The voice is that of Dana Higginbotham, assured yet apprehensive, matter-of-fact but, at times, also on a razor’s edge. It is also a voice lost in a haze of realities, roles and identities that will have audiences transfixed throughout the show’s 75 minutes.After 17 years, Higginbotham is finally revealing her harrowing and traumatic underworld experience — by proxy.
