There's violence in Isabel's past, and now things seem to be spiraling out of control again. Ultimately, an edgy situation turns into a nightmare in Mark Cornell's chilling 'Sprucehaven B.'
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Theater Review (NYC Off-Broadway): ‘Buried Child’ by Sam Shepard, with Ed Harris and Amy Madigan
The curious recipe behind Shepard's Pulitzer Prize-winning play releases strange aromas. But a fine cast gingerly directed by Scott Elliott and led by Ed Harris and Amy Madigan keeps the smoky pot stirred, playing the weird, funny, tragic story for all it's worth.
Read More »Theater Review (San Antonio): Chekhov’s ‘The Seagull’ at the Classic Theatre
Chekhov’s seminal classic is given a marvelously entertaining production at the Deco District’s Classic Theatre.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘Fen’ by Caryl Churchill
Stellar acting and Patricia Lynn's crisp direction rocket this revival of one of the prolific playwright's classic works into the top tier of Off-Off-Broadway accomplishment.
Read More »Theater Review (San Antonio): Jessica Dickey’s ‘The Amish Project’ at AtticRep
Originally presented to great acclaim at New York’s Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, Jessica Dickey’s 2009 solo work The Amish Project comes to AtticRep in a superlative production starring a marvelous Sarah Gise. In a role — well, actually roles — originated by Dickey, Gise masterfully portrays seven characters in a piece …
Read More »Theater Review (Philadelphia): ‘The Hard Problem’ by Tom Stoppard at The Wilma Theatre
The irony of 'The Hard Problem' is that, despite its insistence on the fact that the human brain is so much more complex than a computer, which functions via simplistic binaries and calculations, the whole play is reducible to a simplistic, and false, binary.
Read More »Theater Review (San Antonio): ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ by Webber and Rice
Director Rick Sanchez's experimental staging of the classic rock opera contains more hits than misses, thanks to some solid performances.
Read More »Theater Review (San Antonio): ‘Rock of Ages’ at the Woodlawn Theatre
The Woodlawn kicks off its 2016 season with a rocking, rollicking production of the Tony-nominated Broadway musical.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘Utility’ by Emily Schwend
Schwend is marvelous at depicting the quotidian details that harass struggling families in The Amoralists' new production, and Vanessa Vache gives one of the year's standout performances.
Read More »EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Todd Brian Backus, PowerOut Artistic Producer, on His New Play ‘Emily Dickinson: Paranormal Investigator’
A 19-year-old Emily Dickinson, teamed with Edgar Allan Poe, is the last line of defense between the everyday and a world of magic, ghosts, and vampires.
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