Playwright Rachel Bonds has written an often-hilarious script which nonetheless deals with such serious and widespread issues as spousal and child abandonment, drug addiction, the right to death with dignity, and same-sex adoption of children.
Theater Review: “On the Exhale” — Wild, Angry, and Powerful
On the Exhale is one of the most powerful and uncompromising one-person shows I’ve ever seen.
Theater Review: “The Children” — Scientists Under Pressure
The production strikes a fine balance between comedy and seriousness, public and private concerns, bringing a complex and compelling play to vibrant life.
Theater Review: “Rock and Roll Man” — Ambitious Musical Fun
If you enjoy singing and dancing in your theater seat to the sound of good music while learning a bit about American cultural history and its personalities, you will enjoy this show.
Theater Review: “A Raisin in the Sun” — A Great Evening of Theater
To see Raisin in the Sun in post-Obama America is to experience how a classic both remains emblematic of its time and changes resonance as time passes.
Theater Review: “Now Circa Then” — Comic Time-Tripping
Opening on July 4, at a moment when immigrants and their living conditions are once again in the forefront of the news, Now Circa Then is an inspired choice.
Theater Review: “Hold These Truths” — Powerful Political Drama
The play’s disparate elements have been blended into a riveting drama, energetically directed by Lisa Rothe, and nimbly performed by Joel de la Fuente.
Theater Review: “The Goat or, Who is Sylvia?” — Greek Tragedy, Updated to Shock
Edward Albee’s provocative theatrical exercise is far trickier to realize onstage than it is to appreciate on paper.
Book Review: Anne Frank’s Diary — The Graphic Version
I’m impressed with the new adaptation and depressed that it’s considered necessary.
Book Review: Michelle Obama’s “Becoming” — Alone At Last With Lots She Wants to Say
Becoming is a contemporary woman’s adventure told by an intelligent, funny narrator who took a leap out of her comfort zone and came out of it, with her family intact, to tell the tale.
