This new musical isn't perfect and its script and music could use some serious tweaking, but the set and costumes reflect the time period immaculately, the direction is creative, the singing is not bad and there are certainly moments of humour. Anyway, who said the '60s were perfect, after all?
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Theater Review (NYC): ‘Child’s Play’ by Kevin D. Ferguson
What good's talk therapy if the patient won't talk? Ten-year-old Cindy has gone mute, and her desperate mother and stepfather have brought her to self-assured therapist Vera to try and get to the bottom of the mystery.
Read More »Theater Review (San Antonio): ‘Sister Act’ Sparkles at the Woodlawn Theatre
The Tony-nominated musical comes to the Deco District's Woodlawn Theatre in a sparkling, superbly-acted production.
Read More »Interview: José Rubén De Leon, Director of ‘The House on Mango Street’ at San Antonio’s Classic Theatre
The director discusses his involvement with – and affection for – the play which is making a special return engagement to the Classic Theatre.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘Rare Birds’ by Adam Szymkowicz
This new comedy-drama tackles digital-age bullying, an issue we've heard no end of in recent years. But with a seamlessly talented and committed cast, 'Rare Birds' proves that talent and skill can make an 'issue' piece a compelling work of art.
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 »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 (San Antonio): A Striking ‘The Secret Garden’ at the Playhouse San Antonio
Marsha Norman and Lucy Simon's modern classic comes to the Playhouse San Antonio in a strikingly revisualized production.
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