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Theater Review (NYC Broadway): ‘The Ferryman’ by Jez Butterworth
Wordy and deep, Jez Butterworth's Olivier-Award-winning play leaps brightly into the sunshine carrying the bloody torch of Irish drama.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘Girl from the North Country’ by Conor McPherson, Music and Lyrics by Bob Dylan
I cannot imagine any writer but Conor McPherson effectively providing such a dramatic flight path to Bob Dylan’s repertoire. The playwright’s eerie, atmospheric writing effectively implies connections between the material at hand and otherworldly realms. Dylan’s titular song is part of the hybrid McPherson musical Girl from the North Country, …
Read More »Theatre Review (London’s West End): Harold Pinter’s ‘Art, Truth, and Politics’ with Mark Rylance
Mark Rylance performed Harold Pinter’s lecture 'Art, Truth, and Politics', a scathing critique of U.S. military actions, with an emphasis on actions by Ronald Reagan in Nicaragua and George W. Bush in Iraq.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘What The Constitution Means to Me’ Starring Heidi Schreck
Actress Heidi Schreck's timely 'What the Constitution Means to Me' casts a long shadow and provides trenchant perspectives.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘Salome’ by Oscar Wilde
This fine new production uses an admirable new translation from the French that stays close to the original, giving us Wilde indeed, flaws and all.
Read More »Theater Review (Chicago): ‘Second Skin’ from the Wildclaw Theater Brings Halloween Chills
This horror drama follows three intertwining monologues told by three women whose lives are all connected in ways that go beyond what is immediately apparent.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC Broadway): ‘The Nap’ by Richard Bean, Directed by Daniel Sullivan
In this hysterical production you will find a rainbow of amazement and an intriguing conclusion – and probably learn the difference between pool and snooker. However, some of Bean's humor may be lost in mangled accents.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): Euripides’ ‘The Bacchae’ at BAM
Director Anne Bogart and SITI Company charge up Aaron Poochigian's balanced new translation in a graceful 90-minute production of Euripides' 'The Bacchae,' alive with ecstatic bacchanalia and gruesome violence.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘A Lovely Sunday for Creve Coeur,’ by Tennessee Williams, Starring Kristine Nielsen, Annette O’Toole, Jean Lichty
Tennessee Williams' ironies and humor seek a fine level in this satisfying and heartfelt production.
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