Thaddeus Phillips plays Barry Seal, a real-life, infamous drug smuggler-turned-DEA-informant who eventually gained the ire of both smugglers and government agents.
View More . . . BARRY SEAL (Thaddeus Phillips/FringeArts): Smile and a winkCategory: Reviews
AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE (BRT): Pollution and politics
Henrik Ibsen’s classic gets a beautiful production at Bristol Riverside Theatre.
View More AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE (BRT): Pollution and politicsI LOVE A PIANO (Walnut): A Berlin marathon
Conceived with a book by Ray Roderick and Michael Berkeley, I LOVE A PIANO is a valentine to Irving Berlin music through the ages
View More I LOVE A PIANO (Walnut): A Berlin marathonLET THE DOG SEE THE RABBIT (Lightning Rod Special): A conceptual look at humans looking at animals
The experimental work is a three-part meditation on the life and death of animals under the domination of the human gaze.
View More LET THE DOG SEE THE RABBIT (Lightning Rod Special): A conceptual look at humans looking at animalsDON QUIXOTE (Hedgerow): Cervantes’ knight errant rides anew
The fanciful adventures of knight errant Don Quixote and loyal his sidekick Sancho Panza are refreshingly revived.
View More DON QUIXOTE (Hedgerow): Cervantes’ knight errant rides anewSPEECH AND DEBATE (Azuka): 60-second review
Azuka Theatre found a theatrical goldmine in the world of high school misfits with its 2012 production of J.C. Lee’s Pookie Goes Grenading, and finds rich…
View More SPEECH AND DEBATE (Azuka): 60-second reviewNOISES OFF (Curio): Utter nonsense, superbly structured and out of control
Michael Frayn’s enormously popular 1980s play is a zany farce about doors and sardines, relationships, and mistakes.
View More NOISES OFF (Curio): Utter nonsense, superbly structured and out of controlTHE GATHERING OF THE MOTHER MOTH PEOPLES (Olivia Jorgensen): Blessed, blessed Beltane
The play, like its characters, exists in a dream-world
View More THE GATHERING OF THE MOTHER MOTH PEOPLES (Olivia Jorgensen): Blessed, blessed BeltaneBROWNSVILLE SONG (B-SIDE FOR TRAY) (PTC/Long Wharf): Telling an urban tragedy
An admirable attempt to address the contemporary and timely tragedy of urban violence that doesn’t quite manage to ring true.
View More BROWNSVILLE SONG (B-SIDE FOR TRAY) (PTC/Long Wharf): Telling an urban tragedyA TRIBUTE TO JEROME ROBBINS (PA Ballet): Perfect for Mother’s Day
Most balletomanes credit Balanchine with capturing the American spirit in ballet, but to me it’s Jerome Robbins who deserves the accolades.
View More A TRIBUTE TO JEROME ROBBINS (PA Ballet): Perfect for Mother’s DayPLANT ME HERE (Brat): Sound and fury
Brat Productions’ PLANT ME HERE presents a saccharine dream of ruin and rebirth.
View More PLANT ME HERE (Brat): Sound and furyGOD OF CARNAGE (Ritz): Funny fissures in the façade of civilization
In GOD OF CARNAGE, French playwright Yasmina Reza’s 90-minute award-winning black comedy, it doesn’t take long to demonstrate the old adage that the apple doesn’t…
View More GOD OF CARNAGE (Ritz): Funny fissures in the façade of civilizationThat’s Just Like Your Opinion, Man: RAW ONION REVIVAL (IRC) actors become their own critics
Every actor has experienced theater critics who got things a little wrong. Here’s their chance to peel their own onion.
View More That’s Just Like Your Opinion, Man: RAW ONION REVIVAL (IRC) actors become their own criticsBILOXI BLUES (People’s Light): Coming of age in WWII
Though entertaining as a comedy, BILOXI BLUES contains an important message about fighting “the good war” abroad, while many struggles against injustice remain on the home front.
View More BILOXI BLUES (People’s Light): Coming of age in WWIIDUST (Megan Bridge/FringeArts): All we are
Evidence of life. Enemy of the domestic goddess. Culprit of hay fever. The stuff we’re all destined for. DUST has connotations both mundane and eternal.
View More DUST (Megan Bridge/FringeArts): All we areTHE THREE MUSKETEERS (Quintessence): Swordplay and horseplay combine in a breezy adaptation
As always with an Alexander Burns production, imagery is rife, props are creative, and jokes come as much from sight gags as from dialogue.
View More THE THREE MUSKETEERS (Quintessence): Swordplay and horseplay combine in a breezy adaptationCORIOLANUS (SHAKESPEARE ROULETTE) (Reject): Not your average tragedy
This chaotic opus reaches Monty Python levels of absurdity one would never associate with Shakespeare’s own overlooked tragedy reject.
View More CORIOLANUS (SHAKESPEARE ROULETTE) (Reject): Not your average tragedyBECAUSE OF WINN-DIXIE (DTC): A child and her dog steal a charming musical
It’s an old show biz maxim, and true, that an adult cannot expect full attention if he or she is working on stage with a dog or a child.
View More BECAUSE OF WINN-DIXIE (DTC): A child and her dog steal a charming musicalJEFFREY DAHMER (BrainSpunk): A chilling conversation with a serial killer
BrainSpunk Theater’s premiere full-stage production will keep you spellbound, stunned, and sickened
View More JEFFREY DAHMER (BrainSpunk): A chilling conversation with a serial killerNOW NOW OH NOW (Rude Mechanicals): Role-playing and improv combine
The idea of combining improv with role-playing works very well since both rely on improvisation within certain parameters and they’re also both just a lot of fun.
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