Reception manages to be thought-provoking and even heartwarming, a testament to Gillette’s prowess as a performer.
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Category: Reviews
See How They Run (dir. Tom George): Film review
Just as the theater company is about to celebrate their 100th stage performance of Agatha Christie’s “The Mousetrap,” a body turns up backstage.
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FOOD (Geoff Sobelle): 2022 Fringe review
Unless you know Geoff Sobelle’s other works, you’ve never seen anything like this.
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TWO-CHARACTER PLAY (IRC): 2022 Fringe review
Nobody writes crazy, despairing, desperate women like Tennessee Williams
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NOT RIGHT NOW (James Christy): 2022 Fringe review
There are many, many moments that become stories.
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DEAR EVAN HANSEN (National Tour at Forrest Theatre): Return to sender
The show’s message is deeply cynical: that social media and community solidarity in the face of tragic events are ultimately self-serving
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Vengeance (dir. B.J. Novak): Film review
Vengeance walks a pretty confident tightrope as a crime-focused, West Texas-set black comedy with more substance than a deep-fried Twinkie. It never really comes across as…
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Flux Gourmet (dir. Peter Strickland): Film review
Peter Strickland’s Flux Gourmet is another auteur-flavored oddity all the way. Capturing the senses whether it’s through sound mixing in film production (“Berberian Sound Studio”),…
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In Search of the Kitchen Gods (1812 Productions): A recipe for success
Everyone is welcome in Bi Jean Ngos Vietnamese kitchen
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Good Luck to You, Leo Grande (dir. Sophie Hyde): Film review
There are plenty of movies about sex, but not enough movies about sexual pleasure involving women of a certain age.
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INTO THE WOODS (Arden): A Sondheim show for grown-ups
No woods. No cutesy pop-up book set. Just three hours of pure musical theater pleasure: gorgeous melodies, clever lyrics, profound ideas and a dream cast.…
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FABULATION, OR THE RE-EDUCATION OF UNDINE (Lantern): A funny play with a serious agenda
Lynn Nottage knows how to “sustain the complexity” so that this funny play with a serious agenda works
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FAIRVIEW (Wilma): 60-second review
Pulitzer winners aren’t always great theatrical works, but they are often very revealing about the times in which they won
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Fire Island (dir. Andrew Ahn): Film review
Pack your poppers, lube, and rainbow bikini briefs — director Andrew Ahn’s Fire Island takes us to the gay mecca off the South Shore of…
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HAIRSPRAY (National Tour at Miller Theater): As fresh as ever
I was delighted to find that the charms of Hairspray are still hard to resist.
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The Musical Legacy of Charles V: Piffaro Founders’ Finale
The final concert for Piffaro founders Joan Kimball and Bob Wiemken is far from a somber affair as they celebrate a thriving Renaissance band as their legacy.
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REVERIE (Azuka Theatre): Aiming for a high bar
What with James Ijames winning the Pulitzer Prize for Drama (bravo!) two days ago, the bar was set very high for his newest play
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Pleasure (Dir. Ninja Thyberg): Film review
They always say, “it’s not what you know, but who you know.” That might be true in any industry where there’s room for growth, and…
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Hatching (Dir. Hanna Bergholm): Film review
A satire of suburban ennui melded with a girlhood drama has never morphed more seamlessly into a body-horror monster movie.
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WHERE WE BELONG (PTC): A young woman’s earnest and confused identity crisis
An impressively credentialed show from The Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company in association with the Folger Shakespeare Library is launching its national tour in Philadelphia.
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