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Theater Interview: Charles Shaughnessy from ‘The Da Vinci Code’ at Ogunquit Playhouse
"This is my third time in Ogunquit trying to find the Holy Grail."
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘The Creeps’
Unsteadily straddling the line between theater and performance art, the characters that inhabit Catherine Waller's solo show inhabit a dark metaphysical world.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘A Séance with Mom’ – Nancy Redman Summons a Jewish Mother from Beyond the Grave
Though lacking pacing and structure, this solo piece about wishing you'd told a departed loved one something important touched some audience members.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘In Corpo,’ A New Musical by Ben Beckley and Nate Weida
Inspired by Kafka and Melville, the smart, soulful, and original 'In Corpo' is the kind of musical that reassures us there's plenty of creative life left in musical theater.
Read More »Theater Interview: Kadahj Bennett on Understudying in ‘The Lehman Trilogy’
"This show already premiered on Broadway, but for Boston to have the first American version of the piece is astounding and beautiful. I'm excited to be a part of this process."
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘Émilie: La Marquise du Châtelet Defends Her Life Tonight’ by Lauren Gunderson
The NYC premiere of a play about the 18th-century female scientist is at the Flea Theater in an illuminating and finely chiseled production.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘Where Are You? (New York)’ – Dances with Death
In her collage-theater piece 'Where Are You? (New York)' Singapore- and New York-based creator Sim Yan Ying 'YY' explores many of the ways we deal with a loved one's death – including dance, music and humor.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘Dead + Alive’ – a Comic, Macabre Clown Show
Comedy, juggling, music and the macabre mingle in this darkly riotous clown show.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘L’Amour à Passy’ Spotlights Benjamin Franklin’s Revolutionary War Sojourn in France
'L'Amour à Passy' offers a memorable Madame Brillon but an unappealing Benjamin Franklin in this new two-hander.
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