

Review: Optimism, despair, uncertainty in 'BlackTop Sky'
There’s nothing particularly complex about the plot of “BlackTop Sky,” which opened Friday evening at the Know Theatre of Cincinnati. It revolves around the unlikely friendship that blossoms between 18-year-old Ida and a homeless man who takes up residence in the courtyard of the housing project where she lives. You could look at it as a play about coming of age. But there is so much more going on in Christina Anderson’s script. By the end of the 85-minute play, we’ve been dr