The Rest

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Written by Andrea Braun Tuesday, 14 May 2013 21:21

Much of the fun in a Monkey show has to do with comments and asides that have nothing to do with the source material—or at least not much.

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Written by Andrea Braun Tuesday, 14 May 2013 18:28

This is why we do what we do. To see the audience bobbing in the house. I love it all.

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Written by Andrea Braun Wednesday, 08 May 2013 19:45

No little piece of cloth has elicited so much emotion since Desdemona’s, but there’s no shouting here—just the profound silence of deeply felt pain.

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Written by Andrea Braun Wednesday, 24 April 2013 20:03

It’s because of Sam Phillips that we had them all.

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Written by Andrea Braun Sunday, 21 April 2013 19:51

We live the central conceit that we have the same experiences over and over, to no end that we understand.

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Written by Andrea Braun Tuesday, 16 April 2013 19:41

It’s probably important to mention that we don’t do “impressions” of these guys; rather, it’s more interpretations.

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Written by Andrea Braun Monday, 15 April 2013 20:07

The actors set the mood from the beginning, when Jane enters, holding a candle and singing a lament about a “poor orphan child.”

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Written by Jim Campbell Wednesday, 10 April 2013 20:02

"I made the Top 10 four out of the five years I competed. Every year I tried to make my package better than the year before."

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Written by Andrea Braun Tuesday, 09 April 2013 20:57

The play’s genesis does disprove the old canard about too many cooks, because this is a rich and satisfying broth, indeed.

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Written by Andrea Braun Sunday, 24 March 2013 13:13

Matthew Lopez has written an absorbing examination of this time and these men as its representatives.

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Written by Jim Dunn Sunday, 17 March 2013 10:51

Lights mounted low to cast tall, imposing shadows and dramatic shafts of illumination, are characteristic of film noir.

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Written by Andrea Braun Sunday, 17 March 2013 10:40

The old saying goes, “Every dog has his day,” but I just don’t think this one is quite to that point yet.

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Written by Jim Dunn Sunday, 10 March 2013 16:08

The play moves from funny to tense in seconds, and keeps the audience questioning the characters’ intentions, as well as their own.

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Written by v Thursday, 28 February 2013 14:13

What you get is an impressive piece of dance theatre that succeeds as both spectacle and art.

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Written by Andrea Braun Thursday, 28 February 2013 14:06

At its best, the show is good naturedly stupid, and at its worst, it is in even poorer taste than the rest of the Parker/Stone oeuvre.

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Written by Laura Hamlett Sunday, 10 February 2013 10:35

Christopher Hickey's switches between salesman, superior, partner, and suitor are sublime, as is the way he falls from the precipice and allows himself to be pulled back up.

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Written by Jim Dunn Saturday, 09 February 2013 20:36

Her characters often are true to life, and might only err on the side of being caricatures of true-to-life.

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Written by Andrea Braun Saturday, 09 February 2013 11:33

The scene in which Star Cat explains sexual intercourse to Chicklet is worth the price of admission.

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Written by Andrea Braun Saturday, 09 February 2013 11:15

We even find out who left the cake out in the rain. I don’t know about you, but that question was right up there with “What is the meaning of life?” and “Who let the dogs out?” for me.

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Written by Andrea Braun Sunday, 20 January 2013 13:38

The resolution might seem simple enough—it’s understandable to want to serve no more masters—but it’s complicated.

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Written by Andrea Braun Sunday, 20 January 2013 13:28

Edward Albee presents us with the unthinkable: a sympathetic character involved in bestiality under the guise of “love.”

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Written by Andrea Braun Sunday, 20 January 2013 13:13

4000 Miles comes very near to being memorable and engrossing, but playwright Amy Herzog backs off when she gets close to the bone.