'Celebrity Autobiography' is a rollicking production of celebrated actors reading excerpts from various stars' memoirs that are unintentionally laugh-out-loud.
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Theater Review: Todd Almond in ‘I’m Almost There’ at BAM
Todd Almond continually gets waylaid just trying to be a decent and reasonably happy version of himself in this charmingly surreal musical storytelling session.
Read More »Theater Review: ‘Girl, Interrupted’ – Stunning Music, Memorable Performances
'Girl, Interrupted' by Matyna Majok with music by Aimee Mann is based on the Susanna Kaysen memoir. Its themes echo with haunting poignance.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘I Wanttt a Unicorn Frappe!!!’ by Catherine Weingarten
The fantasy fable follows the preparations for a wedding between over-the-moon Jenny and Sebastian, a shiftless, barely-interested charmer who seems to have proposed as a lark.
Read More »Theatre Review (Singapore): All You Can Eat by Wild Rice’s Young & Wild, and the Rice Cooker Programme
Made up of 10-minute plays, the more than 2-hour show started off very strong with Wild Rice's resident playwright Alfian Saat's Appetiser which was insightful and cheeky at the same time.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘Julius Caesar’ from Smith Street Stage
With Bryce Foley sparking a solid cast as a dangerous Marc Antony, Smith Street Stage's production makes great use of its outdoor space and excels at rendering Shakespearean language understandable and the story hit home.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘Body Unredacted’ from Blessed Unrest
The talented cast of six gives (and shows) their all in this dreamlike collage of narrative. It shows a lot of heart – and a lot of skin. But its organs are in disarray.
Read More »Theater Review: ‘The Balusters’ by David Lindsay-Abaire
This comedy of social commentary delivered laughs for an audience hungry for them, thanks to a pointed story and script, a dazzling single-set production, and a crackerjack cast.
Read More »Theater Review: Daniel Radcliffe Is Smashing in ‘Every Brilliant Thing’
In 'Every Brilliant Thing' Daniel Radcliffe is gobsmacking as the Narrator who picks audience members to help him tell his story.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC Fringe): ‘The Last Audition’
Paul Shearman's solo show about Shakespeare, the acting craft, and early-stage dementia is bathed in pathos of the best kind.
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