Read the full article by Patti Roberts at The Sacramento Observer
In “Fairview,” now showing at Capital Stage, audiences are invited into the home of the Frasiers, a middle-class African American family with sass and shenanigans reminiscent of the sitcoms ”Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” and “Blackish.”
Mom Beverly is frantically trying to coordinate food and family for her mother’s birthday party, corralling her husband into various tasks and waiting for the drama and gossip that her sister and teenage daughter will surely bring with them.
What ensues is quibbles and squabbles, though this family knows how to put some “fun” in dysfunctional. But just when we’re settled down for some laughter, this light fare descends into disturbing darkness.