Theatre review: Misery the play is Stephen King lite

Misery
When: To May 5
Where: Granville Island Stage
Tickets: From $29; artsclub.com
Some kinds of genre fiction translate better to the stage than others. The cerebral murder-mystery novel has a long history in the theatre. Think Agatha Christie. Whodunnit? How’d they do it? And why?
But gothic thrillers? Stephen King may be an all-time best-selling author but his list of stage adaptations is remarkably short and his successes even shorter.
Carrie: The Musical (1988) lasted all of five per