Comedy isn’t easy, as two sketch shows playing at this year’s Hollywood Fringe clearly demonstrate.
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Theater Review (NYC-Off Broadway): ‘In My Father’s Words’ by Justin Young
Lou is called to the police station to pick up his father who was wandering and lost. It is the first time he's seen him in 15 years for they are estranged. Unable to get Don placed in a nursing home, he is forced to take what appears to be an unqualified caretaker to care for Don while Lou is working. Turns out he couldn't have chosen better for she knows Gaelic and recognizes when his father is saying long lost words he had forgotten.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC Off-Off-Broadway): ‘Unveiled’ Written and Performed by Rohina Malik
In her five monologues about post-9/11 anti-Muslim sentiment, Malik comes across as one of those actors whose performances seem powered as much by moral spirit as by craft.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC Broadway): Darren Criss in ‘Hedwig and the Angry Inch’
A towering performance by the former 'Glee' star is a revelation.
Read More »‘Melissa’s Choice’: Talkback with Playwright Steven Somkin, Actors and Director in NYC
Playwright, director, and cast answered audience questions on Somkin's new play about the choices a pregnant woman faces.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC Off-Broadway): Simon Callow in ‘Tuesdays at Tesco’s’ by Emmanuel Darley
Simon Callow's extravagant, finely polished, emotionally and comically transcendent performance is in New York until June 7.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC Off-Broadway): ‘Melissa’s Choice’ by Steven Somkin
Melissa faces the dilemma of whether she will carry her baby to term, and we empathize with her confusion, her rationale and her emotional conflict.
Read More »Theater Review (San Antonio): ‘4000 Miles’ by Amy Herzog
A troubled young man finds solace with his elderly grandmother in this moving and well-acted drama.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘Blood Red Roses: The Female Pirate Project’ at the Waterfront Museum
A new shadow-puppet show about history's female pirates is a great reason to spend some time aboard the Waterfront Museum, one of the most unusual sites in all the wilds of New York City.
Read More »Interview: Flux Theatre Ensemble’s August Schulenburg on Open Source Theatre
Recently Flux began publishing its budget with its Open Book program. Then the company again broke ground by debuting a pay-what-you-can policy it calls Living Ticket.
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