In the second half of this musical Singapore version of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol," the writing turns more humourous and the songs strike the right chord.
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Theater Review (NYC Off-Broadway): ‘Noura’ by Heather Raffo at Playwrights Horizons
A seemingly settled Iraqi immigrant family meets a young refugee and old wounds open in this fine new drama.
Read More »Exhibition Review: ‘Churchill’s Shakespeare’ at the Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington DC
'Churchill's Shakespeare' provides visitors with a comprehensive and entertaining look at how the Bard influenced the life and oratorical greatness of Winston Churchill.
Read More »Theater Review (Off-Broadway NYC): ‘Wild Goose Dreams’ at the Public Theater
Clever staging and conceptualizations coupled with sensitive performances by lead actors Peter Kim, Francis Jue, and Michelle Krusiec result in an innovative, vibrant, and exciting work.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC Off-Broadway): ‘Gloria: A Life’ Starring Christine Lahti as Gloria Steinem
Gloria, A Life by Emily Mann is a must-see for what it encourages – to understand ourselves today through viewing the past – and for its humanity, good will, and uplifting remembrance of history.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC Off-Broadway): ‘Downstairs’ Starring Tyne Daly, Tim Daly
Theresa Rebeck's 'Downstairs' starring Tyne Daly and Time Daly is a drama-mystery, a thriller with sly, humorous overtones. As usual the playwright's particular and complex characterizations startle with their humanity and angst.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC Off-Broadway): ‘The Hello Girls,’ a New WWI Musical by Peter Mills and Cara Reichel
A smart, crisply written book by Peter Mills and Cara Reichel links a sequence of superb musical numbers, recounting in the best musical-theater tradition the little-known story of the U.S. Army's WWI female telephone switchboard operators.
Read More »Interview: Meg Rodgers from ‘Every Christmas Story Ever Told (and Then Some!)’ at the American Shakespeare Center
Rodgers and two other actors will play over 30 different characters in this fast-paced Christmas comedy opening on December 4.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC Off-Broadway): ‘Two by Friel’ at the Irish Repertory Theatre
How director Conor Begley fashions and melds the two plays together just takes one's breath away. The acting ensemble is extraordinary. Bagley's economically staged direction enhances their creation of life and ineffable soulfulness, and he does his hero Brian Friel justice in these superlative renderings.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC Off-Broadway): ‘Thom Pain (based on nothing)’ Starring Michael C. Hall
Any day, give me the existential crisis of attempting to make sense of the uncertainty of consciousness, of shifting memory, felt emotional loss, pain, and the clown's struggle of existence.
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