Elements of horror punctuate a clamorous comedy of characters desperately searching for a place where they might feel like they belong.
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Theater Review (NYC): ‘BOB: Blessed Be the Dysfunction that Binds’
This powerful one-woman show about life with a mentally disturbed brother deserves a larger venue than the tiny 78th Street Theatre Lab.
Read More »Opera Review (NYC): ‘Miranda’
Drawing on rock, tango, movie-thriller music, Baroque opera, hip-hop, and more, the score of this "steampunk murder mystery" is consistently engaging and exciting.
Read More »Theatre Review (LA): Oswald
The interrogation of Lee Harvey Oswald is dramatized in a compelling production at the Write Act Repertory in Hollywood.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘Leo’
This delightful and original "Best of Edinburgh" anti-gravity show is well worth seeing, even if it overstays its welcome a bit.
Read More »Theatre Review (London): Frankland & Sons at the Camden People’s Theatre
True-life family history and relationships on stage. By the people concerned. Is anyone else?
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘Samuel & Alasdair: A Personal History of the Robot War’ by The Mad Ones
Beset by static, power outages, and flaky equipment, a Soviet radio show rattles on as the world outside falls apart.
Read More »Book Review: War Horse: The Making of the Motion Picture by Steven Spielberg
Spielberg's War Horse spawns a making of the movie book.
Read More »DVD Review: Cinematic Titanic Live – War of the Insects
"It's OK, you're safe: the gun only holds 47 shots." [bang] "48 shots."
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘Krapp’s Last Tape’ by Samuel Beckett, with John Hurt
Even after more than half a century, Samuel Beckett's extraordinary theatrical innovations retain the power to startle.
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