One of the most-talked about productions of this theater season has been Sarah Kane's Blasted at the indispensable Soho Rep. First presented in 1995 at the Royal Court in London, Kane's debut sparked enormous controversy for its unblinking depiction of brutality between the three characters: a bigoted, middle-aged English journalist, his unwilling young paramour, and a wild-eyed soldier who crashes into their hotel room to bring the savagery to new heights. more ›