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Laura Linney in Conversation With James Naughton
James and Naughton and Laura Linney in conversation.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘Omega Kids’ by Noah Mease
An intimate, meditative two-hander about the deep resonance of comic-book superhero stories with the kids who read them – and with the 20-somethings those kids quickly become.
Read More »Theater Review (Off-Broadway NYC): ‘Evening at the Talk House’ by Wallace Shawn, Starring Matthew Broderick
This nightmare future scenario asks: Are citizens responsible for crimes their lifestyles have perpetuated?
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘Nibbler’ by Ken Urban
A grimly funny, magic-realist portrait of a group of new high school graduates at that scary moment of first flight, assessed and conveyed with the wisdom of hindsight and painted with the brush of an artist.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘Kunstler’ by Jeffrey Sweet
William Kunstler was a towering figure in the 1960s and 1970s; wherever he went controversy followed him.
Read More »Theater Review (San Antonio): Shakespeare’s ‘The Tempest’ at the Classic Theatre
Mark McCarver's production, takes full advantage of the play's comic aspects, and it's the right choice. The house was packed on opening night and there were lots of laughs.
Read More »Theatre Review (Singapore): ‘Chicago’ the Musical
The direction, choreography, and dancing in this version seemed lacklustre and short on energy and charisma.
Read More »Theatre Review (Singapore): ‘Detention Katong’ by Dream Academy
Some good moments stick out in this hit-and-miss musical about a girls' school.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘Blurred Lines’ from Girl Be Heard at HERE
Rape culture strikes every two minutes, when someone is sexually assaulted; then disappears in the twinkling of an eye as if nothing important has happened. The brilliance of 'Blurred Lines' is that it nets this slippery monster and pins it down with irony, satire and ridicule, all the while examining how it parades itself publicly, cloaked in the righteousness of normalcy.
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