Actor Tandy Cronyn, whose one-woman show The Tall Boy plays at Stage 773 for a limited engagement December 5 through 15, came across the source material for the project by chance. “It was a long and winding road,” recalls the 74-year-old Cronyn, whose distinguished career has ranged from Broadway musicals to classical drama at the Stratford Festival.
Browsing through Boyle’s work, Cronyn encountered a tragic tale titled “The Lost” in the 1951 short-story collection The Smoking Mountain: Stories of Postwar Germany. It struck a chord. Rather than portray Boyle onstage, she decided, she would bring Boyle’s art to life instead.
12/5-12/15: Thu 7:30 PM, Fri 8 PM, Sat 3 and 8 PM, Sun 3 PM, Stage 773, 1225 W. Belmont, 773-327-5252, stage773.com, $39.
