Theatre Reviews

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Written by Andrea Braun Wednesday, 22 May 2013 21:32

Schlemiel decides there must be two Chelms in the world and that he has found the second, complete with a wife and children who look exactly like his.

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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 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 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 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.