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REVIEWS

L.A. TIMES by Kathleen Foley

Nanin's play is a searing examination of Castro's failed socialist experiment and a torrid love story about two young Cuban girls split apart by the times. As a charged political drama, "Honey" has a lot to recommend it. You have to admire the passion that Nanin, who also produces, directs and stars pours into her fervid vehicle which wheels along at a brisk clip.

Nanin and the sultry Artigas cook up a considerable sexual chemistry, Quiroga is terrfic as a man reduced to poverty and terror, Robert Tena progresses from campy to moving as a cross dressing ballet dancer who faces arrest and death because of his sexual orientation. The standout of the evening is Korotko, whose wistful character faces devastating loss at an age when most girls are pondering their next lipstick purchase.