Ahead of his time, the playwright created young female protagonists with sexual openness and independent spirits in this play from 1910.
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Theater Review (NYC): ‘A Regular Little Houdini’ by Daniel Llewelyn-Williams
This impactful one-man show presents a fascinating tale about the great magician and escape artist and the romanticism found deep in the hearts of the people of South Wales. It sensitizes us to the history and lives of the individuals of that time.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC Off-Broadway): ‘Downtown Race Riot’ with Chloë Sevigny
Fashions may have changed and drugs become even more deadly since the 1970s milieu of 'Downtown Race Riot.' But with all its humor, the play bears a troubling message: Friendship and family, potent forces though they are, can't solve the conundrum of tribalism.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC Off-Broadway): ‘Lili Marlene’ – a New Musical by Michael Antin
A bravura star turn by newcomer Amy Londyn stands out against prosaic lyrics and sketchily drawn characters in a new musical about the dawn of the Nazi era.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘Arcadia’ by Tom Stoppard, Potomac Theatre Project
Whether it's Lord Byron's whereabouts on a certain few days or the entropic fate of the universe, the search for knowledge drives us all.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘Spoon River Anthology’ by Edgar Lee Masters, Soulpepper Theatre Company
Is your soul alive? Then let it feed on life.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘Of Human Bondage’ by William Somerset Maugham, Adapted by Soulpepper Theatre Company
William Somerset Maugham’s masterpiece reveals the withering devastation wreaked by obsessive, twisted love’s sadism and masochism. Though the work has been transferred to the medium of film three times, it has never before made it to the stage.
Read More »Theater Review (Off-Broadway NYC): ‘Invincible’ by Torben Betts
How close would you be to your neighbors if their politics were the opposite of yours?
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘A Hunger Artist’
Boisterously funny and chokingly sad, Sinking Ship Productions' new adaptation of Franz Kafka's short story follows the original rather closely, yet through pure showmanship it defies expectation at almost every turn.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC Off-Broadway): ‘The Whirligig’ by Hamish Linklater
Linklater's new tragicomedy doesn't sustain its dreamy magic consistently, but it offers much to appreciate.
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