Schimmelpfennig’s Winter Solstice is an important play by a major playwright.
Theater Review: Regicide in the Chapel — Actors’ Shakespeare Project’s “Richard III”
Steven Barkhimer’s mastery of the role’s physicality is the key to his expression of its villainy.
Theater Review: “Accidental Death of an Anarchist – The Vexation of Violence
Dario Fo’s dark comedy still deserves its reputation as a classic.
Theater Review: Israeli Stage’s “The Hearing” — Academic Freedom, Under Pressure
Scripts like The Hearing also provide an optic through which to examine our own nation’s problems.
Theater Review: “The Revolutionists” — Comedy During the Reign of Terror
Director Courtney O’Connor, the Nora Theatre, and its skilled cast do right by this hilarious historical comedy.
Theater Review: “Call Me Ish” – imaginary beasts’ [or, the whale]
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Matthew Woods and his actors do not draw on a faux-naturalist performance style, which is so (unfortunately) fashionable in mainstream theater.
Theater Review: Did You Hear the One About the Lawyer With the Cellphone? – “Kol’s Last Call”
An entertaining but surprisingly slight monologue from Israeli playwright Joshua Sobol.
Theater Review: Flat Earth Theatre’s “A Bright Room Called Day”: Illuminating These Dark Times
This staging, in terms of quality, surpasses any previous Flat Earth Theatre production I have attended.
Theater Review: ASP’s “Exit The King” – When Politics Become Absurd
In Ionesco’s play, society no longer makes sense — even to itself.
Theater Review: Faux-Darkness — New Rep’s “Ideation”
Playwright Aaron Loeb is spot on when writing about the corporate world where loyalty is maintained through non-disclosure agreements.
