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THERE (Wilma): 2019 Fringe review

Yumna Tolaimate September 20, 2019 No Comments

THERE is not a place on Earth’s map. It is not a poem recital, nor is it a play.

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THERE (Wilma): 2019 Fringe review

Toby Zinman September 15, 2019 No Comments

Visually arresting and aurally haunting, THERE makes rarefied language solid and visceral

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Theater in Sketch: THREE SISTERS TWO (EgoPo)

Chuck Schultz February 12, 2019 No Comments

Chuck Schultz gives his thoughts in words and sketch

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MR BURNS (Wilma): Darkness on the edge of Springfield

Christopher Munden November 2, 2018 No Comments

Civilization has collapsed but The Simpsons is still going.

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PASSAGE (Wilma): Love and death in Country X

Christopher Munden May 1, 2018 No Comments

The way to get an audience to ask itself profound questions about a work is not by asking the audience profound questions about the work.

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BLOOD WEDDING (Wilma): Movement in the veins

Christopher Munden November 3, 2017 2 Comments

Lorca’s BLOOD WEDDING makes a fitting vehicle for the Wilma Theater in-house troupe.

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ADAPT! (Wilma): On the brink of dawn

Julia Taus April 4, 2017 No Comments

Blanka Zizka boldly steps forth as both debut playwright and seasoned director of the semi-autobiographical ADAPT!

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DELIRIUM (EgoPo): 60-second review

Christopher Munden November 2, 2016 No Comments

At 800+ pages, Fyodor Dostoevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov would not seem ideally suited to theatrical interpretation.

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MACHINAL (EgoPo): Welcome to the machine

Lisa Panzer April 26, 2016 No Comments

A dank, metallic, appropriately oppressive feel imbues this production of Sophie Treadwell’s 90-year-old play.

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HE WHO GETS SLAPPED (PAC): Spectacle and sadness at the circus

Debra Miller April 2, 2016 2 Comments

Leonid Andreyev’s classic tale of love and death in the Big Top is given original interludes of circus acts and live music to set the stage and mood.

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THE HARD PROBLEM (Wilma): Stoppard makes intelligible intelligence look easy

Christopher Munden January 16, 2016 1 Comment

Tom Stoppard again demonstrates his uncanny ability to make dense philosophical discussions intelligible and dramatically sensible.

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What Can The Wilma Do With $10 Million?

Christopher Munden January 12, 2016 1 Comment

A new $10 million in funds includes money for an updated facade, a cafe space, and a 10-member artistic company.

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ANTIGONE (Wilma): Spectacular, but a spectacular failure

Ninni Saajola October 18, 2015 No Comments

The man behind the 2013 Fringe Festival hit AJAX, The Madness directs his version of ANTIGONE for the Wilma Theater.

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ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD (Wilma): A contemporary classic, in three parts

Michael Fisher May 29, 2015 No Comments

Tom Stoppard’s ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD is perhaps the most ubiquitous work of postmodern drama.

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HAMLET (Wilma): Blanka Zizka’s daring production amazes while keeping its distance

Kathryn Osenlund April 6, 2015 No Comments

Not unlike the U.S. Constitution, HAMLET endures partly because its imperfections and spaces allow for different ways to read it.

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Physical, Naked Honesty On Stage: Interview with Zainab Jah, female Hamlet at the Wilma Theater

Henrik Eger April 1, 2015 No Comments

Interview with British actor Zainab Jah, who takes on the role of HAMLET at the Wilma Theater.

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Shakespeare vs Stoppard: Exploring the Wilma’s dream pairing of HAMLET and ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD

Christopher Munden March 23, 2015 1 Comment

Two of the best plays in the English language share most of the same characters and much of the same dialog. The Wilma is doing them in successive productions.

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imé Donna Kelly and Lynnette R. Freeman in THE DANGEROUS HOUSE OF PRETTY MBANE.
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THE DANGEROUS HOUSE OF PRETTY MBANE (InterAct): Western sympathies come up against African cruelties

Julius Ferraro January 23, 2015 No Comments

Jen Silverman’s play tells the story of a young woman who has moved to London to escape the dangers of being a lesbian in South Africa.

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THE DANGEROUS HOUSE OF PRETTY MBANE (InterAct): 60-second review

Nicholas Ryan January 22, 2015 No Comments

A thrilling, thought-provoking, wonderfully heart-wrenching play now receiving its world premiere by InterAct Theatre Company.

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Presidential Theater: New City Stage Company concludes its season with THE WEST WING FESTIVAL

Christopher Munden May 15, 2014 No Comments

New City Stage Company concludes its season-long look at at the American political summit with THE WEST WING FESTIVAL, a series of (FREE!) staged readings at the Adrienne Theater Skybox.

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