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
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.
Read More »Theater/Dance Review (NYC Off-Broadway): ‘Snow White,’ a Baroque Burlesque Ballet by Company XIV
For scale, complexity, and sheer extravagance, Austin McCormick's dance-theater troupe is hard to beat. Its new 'Snow White' is a marvel of acrobatics, burlesque, glorious dancing, and intriguing characters.
Read More »Concert Review: Juilliard415 with Jordi Savall – ‘Shakespeare & Cervantes: Dreams and Follies’ (NYC 1/30/2016)
The 'eminence grise' of Early Music led the Juilliard School's main Early Music group in an crowd-pleasing concert with readings, all in tribute to the music of the time of Shakespeare and Cervantes.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘Commedia dell’Artichoke’
What do artichoke pizza and The American Dream have in common?
Read More »Theater Review (NYC Off-Broadway): ‘The Burial at Thebes’ by Seamus Heaney
Should we take a stand against laws that are unjust? Are unjust laws even to be honored as laws?
Read More »