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Theater Review (San Antonio): ‘All Is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914’ is a Moving, Musical Memory Piece
This affecting musical tribute to the soldiers of World War I provides a welcome message of peace just in time for the holidays.
Read More »Dance/Theater Review: ‘The Mar Vista’ by Yehuda Hyman and Mystical Feet Company
This sweet story slides from religious tradition into the traditions that arise in an individual family – the legends, the habits, the clashes, and the spoken and too-often unspoken feelings.
Read More »Theater Review (San Antonio): ‘Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat’ at the Woodlawn Theatre
A bright production of the Webber and Rice musical closes out the Deco District theater's 2016 season.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘The Roads to Home’ by Horton Foote, Starring Hallie Foote
Beyond superficial appearances, whether in the city or the rural South, people are the same.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘Senior Moment’ by Mike Vogel
Vogel tells this tale of assisted-living life in an old-fashioned Jewish-humor style, but steers clear of schlock and schmaltz, stripping his characters to their more-or-less lovable essences while revealing what seems to be a hopeful, even sunny view of human nature. It's a refreshing dose of positivity in a city blindsided by recent realities.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘Man in Snow’ Written and Directed by Israel Horovitz
This play, this production, is a masterwork that will resonate with you long afterward.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC Off-Broadway): ‘Poison’ by Lot Vekemans
This compelling play from Holland digs into the guts of a couple's personal tragedy while maintaining a subtle distance by means of delicately off-natural dialogue.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): Shakespeare’s ‘Coriolanus’ from Red Bull Theater
Sometimes soldiers can only be great killing machines, nothing more, nothing less.
Read More »Theater Review (San Antonio): ‘Miss Abigail’s Guide to Dating, Mating and Marriage’
Ken Davenport and Sarah Saltzberg's interactive comedy of hilariously outdated dating advice makes for a fun evening at San Antonio's new Roxie Theatre.
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