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Tag: Josh Carpenter

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LONG DAY’S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT (Quintessence): Love and desire and hate

Christopher Munden October 10, 2017 No Comments

An excellent play well done.

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THE BROKEN HEART (Quintessence): Dark matter

Kathryn Osenlund April 7, 2017 No Comments

Melancholy John Ford was more ‘himself’ and less ‘Shakespearean’ than other less bold Cavalier dramatists.

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60-Second Review Reviews Theater

HANDLE WITH CARE (Montgomery Theater): 60-second review

Julia Taus December 4, 2016 1 Comment

HANDLE WITH CARE is brilliantly seasoned with humor—the type found when differing cultures collide.

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DOCTOR FAUSTUS (Quintessence): If you want to know everything, go to hell

Kathryn Osenlund April 5, 2016 No Comments

A remarkably original and gloriously entertaining version of the Marlowe play.

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SAINT JOAN (Quintessence): The Maid’s new clothes

Lisa Panzer March 23, 2016 No Comments

George Bernard Shaw’s play is presented in rich tonalities of color, light, positioning, and sound. It is wide awake.

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THE MANDRAKE (Quintessence): A Machiavellian sex satire

Lisa Panzer October 23, 2015 No Comments

What could be so funny in a play written nearly 500 years ago? There is something for everyone to either laugh or balk at in this bawdy production of a play by Machiavelli.

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ROMEO AND JULIET (Quintessence): What fray was here?

Christopher Munden October 7, 2015 No Comments

In the eyes of director Alexander Burns this doomed romance never stood a chance.

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THE THREE MUSKETEERS (Quintessence): Swordplay and horseplay combine in a breezy adaptation

Neal Zoren for NealsPaper May 2, 2015 No Comments

As always with an Alexander Burns production, imagery is rife, props are creative, and jokes come as much from sight gags as from dialogue.

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Ian Merrill Peakes as Macbeth with Ben Dibble as Banquo. Photo by Mark Garvin.
Reviews Theater

MACBETH (Arden): Rare emotion and rarer straightforwardness [critical mass review #5]

Michael Fisher April 13, 2015 No Comments

The elements which displease other writers are what makes this production a success, according to Michael Fisher in review five of the ongoing Critical Mass series.

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MACBETH (Arden): Numb from the neck down, well almost [critical mass review #3]

Jessica Foley March 28, 2015 No Comments

Jessica Foley gives this week’s critical mass take on MACBETH at the Arden, part of a new review series on Phindie.

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MACBETH (Arden): Fast but not furious [critical mass review #2]

Ninni Saajola March 20, 2015 10 Comments

Alexander Burns’ production of MACBETH at Arden Theatre Company is energetic and visually engaging, but it lacks ferocity and substance.

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MACBETH (Arden): Bloody bold and resolute [critical mass review #1]

Christopher Munden March 12, 2015 No Comments

Burns maintains the energy and pacing of his best work for Quintessence and takes full advantage of the Arden’s high production values to create an exuberant and understandable version of Shakespeare’s masterpiece.

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Josh Carpenter (left) as Pip and Sally Mercer as Miss Havisham in the Arden Theatre Company’s GREAT EXPECTATIONS. Photo by Mark Garvin.
Arts Reviews Theater

GREAT EXPECTATIONS (Arden): Exceeds all expectations

Nicholas Ryan November 3, 2014 No Comments

With a perfect combination of passion, pride, storytelling, and imagination, the Arden Theatre Company’s production of GREAT EXPECTATIONS is a thrilling night of theater.

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Ian Merrill Peakes, Mary Martello, and Paul L. Nolan in Arden Theatre Company’s Incorruptible by Michael Hollinger. Photo by Mark Garvin
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INCORRUPTIBLE (Arden): Laughter in the monastery

Nicole Forrester June 5, 2014 No Comments

The set of Michael Hollinger’s witty INCORRUPTIBLE looks like it has been there for hundreds of years, transporting one back to the days of monks…

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Photo by Shawn May
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MOURNING BECOMES ELECTRA (Quintessence): America’s Ghosts Return to Haunt

Julius Ferraro April 11, 2014 1 Comment

There are plenty of things to thrill over in Quintessence Theatre Group’s stirring, and impressively-performed, MOURNING BECOMES ELECTRA. Director Alex Burns and his well-picked ensemble continue to impress.

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Josh Carpenter (as Marlow), Sonja Field (as Kate Hardcastle) in SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER. Photo by Alexander Burns.
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SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER (Quintessence): A contemporary 18th-century comedy

Julius Ferraro October 29, 2013 1 Comment

SHE STOOPS is an 18th-century comedy of manners and mistaken identities by Oliver Goldsmith. It is considered by many to be the most enduring of…

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Quintessence Theatre Hamlet review
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HAMLET (Quintessence): Brevity is the soul of it

Christopher Munden October 16, 2013 2 Comments

Hip, fast-paced, with a frat-boy-cool lead: these aren’t usually phrases to describe HAMLET. But Quintessence Theatre Group’s heavily edited version takes a bare bodkin to Shakespeare’s story of revenge and existential crisis in the state of Denmark.

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