High: Theater Review

5:00 PM PDT 4/19/2011 by David Rooney

Newcomer Evan Jonigkeit gives a persuasive performance in Matthew Lombardo’s contrived play.

NEW YORK – When Kathleen Turner first set movie screens ablaze in Body Heat, few can have predicted that 30 years later, she would be bringing fierce conviction to the role of a nun. What makes this less of a stretch, however, is that the sister in question is a recovering alcoholic with a dark past. She swears like a longshoreman and is as comfortable with bruising sarcasm as she is with prayer.