Rob Green goes from Blanche to Michael in ‘Act of God’
After more than 2,000 years of self-imposed silence, God is coming to Fort Myers to answer some of the deepest questions plaguing mankind since Creation. It happens at Lab Theater, whose home is fittingly an old church. And the forum is An Act of God, an outrageous comedy from the mind of playwright David Javerbaum. Rob Green plays the role of the archangel Gabriel.
Wow. What a difference four months makes! When Lab Theater audiences last saw Rob, he was wheel-chair-bound and dressed in black, portraying the Queen of the Hollywood Melodrama in Whatever Happened to Baby Jane: a Parody of the Horror. It was a career-defining role that still has local theater-goers jawing, and Green excelled in the campy role. Of course he made the most of the part. After all, “how many chances do you get to play a part made famous by Joan Crawford?”
Or play one of God’s top two archangels? In Act of God, Rob plays Michael, the archangel who serves as commander-in-chief of the angelic forces engaged in battle with Satan. Some biblical scholars even contend that Michael and Jesus are one and the same. If that’s the case, then it would seem that this role really does trump (no pun intended) playing a part made famous by Joan Crawford.
Prior to Baby Jane, Rob was in Burn This. That show marked R
ob’s return to the boards after a whopping three-year hiatus. Prior to his lay-off, Rob was Hal Robinson in The Graduate, Biff Loman in Death of a Salesman and various roles in Miss Witherspoon, Polish Joke, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, and Picasso at The Lapin Agile.
November 2, 2017.
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Tom Hall is both an amateur artist and aspiring novelist who writes art quest thrillers. He is in the final stages of completing his debut novel titled "Art Detective," a story that fictionalizes the discovery of the fabled billion-dollar Impressionist collection of Parisian art dealer Josse Bernheim-Jeune, thought by many to have perished during World War II when the collection's hiding place, Castle de Rastignac in southern France, was destroyed by the Wehrmacht in reprisal for attacks made by members of the Resistance operating in the area. A former tax attorney, Tom holds a bachelor's degree as well as both a juris doctorate and masters of laws in taxation from the University of Florida. Tom lives in Estero, Florida with his fiancee, Connie, and their four cats.