Theater

Theater Review: “All My Sons” — An American Antique

July 25, 2012
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If this sounds like a melodrama, that is because Arthur Miller wrote one. “All My Sons” was very much a product of the dramatist’s times and politics.

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Theater Review: “The Swan” — Not Your Average Love Triangle

July 22, 2012
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“The Swan” is a bold choice for a theater company and demands excellent actors and direction to keep it afloat.

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Theater Review: A Madcap “39 Steps”

July 21, 2012
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Patrick Barlow’s script and Chuck Morey’s direction of the Peterborough Players production turn “The 39 Steps” into a madcap, Marx-Brothers-style of zaniness barreling along at farce-speed until the very last moments.

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Arts Commentary: Monologuist Mike Daisey — No Apologies

July 11, 2012
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The issues raised by Mike Daisey’s infraction, his fall from grace, and now his return, are many, but chief among them is the privilege of illusion, the birth-right of the artist.

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Theater Review: An Energetic But Erratic “Polaroid Stories”

July 8, 2012
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My impression is of a trio of rough-but-ready theater groups spoiling for some nervy, in-yer-face theatrical action. That is the way it should be.

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Theater Review: “I Do! I Do!”— Predictable Musical Sentimentality

July 7, 2012
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You leave the matrimonial musical “I Do! I Do!” humming its banalities.

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Theater Review: Uncommon Summer Theater — “Animals Out of Paper”

July 7, 2012
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Deftly directed by May Adrales, aided by sensitive sound, lighting, and costume design, “Animals Out of Paper” is exciting summer theater.

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Theater Review: Two Plays Chronicle the Lives of Pioneering Women

July 4, 2012
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Two Berkshire theaters are offering one-woman shows this summer. Both scripts feature intelligent, frank, and charismatic women. Both productions star gifted and seasoned actors.

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Theater Review: A Delightful Turn “Round and Round the Garden”

June 25, 2012
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British playwright Alan Ayckbourn does not build gag machines that spit out one-liners. He creates finely etched characters whose humor is rooted in their befuddled behavior and personalities.

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Fuse Theater Review: A Lame “Auld Lang Syne”

June 23, 2012
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Auld Lang Syne is the kind of poorly made play that withholds important and obvious elements of development in order to score artificial dramatic points late in the action.

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