George Bernard Shaw’s The Man of Destiny could be an evening of delight with a frisson of cerebral exercise.
Theater Review: “The Skin of Our Teeth” — As Dark as the Daily News
Thornton Wilder’s Big Ideas do not get lost in the hurly-burly of this production.
Theater Review: Peterborough Players’s “Ripcord” — Arguing for a Full Life
David Lindsay-Abaire’s tightly woven comic script celebrates the everyday relationships that make up an argument for a full life.
Poetry Review: The Golden Age of Russian Poetry — Revisited
Here, then, are two books that provide a fine literary introduction to one of the richest flowerings of poetry in European culture.
Book Review: “Time of Gratitude” — The Quiet Happiness of Being Unnecessary
Russian poet Gennady Aygi wrote as an outsider, an ethnic outlier as well as a free-verse stylist of his generation.
Theater Review: “The Doctor’s Dilemma” — Problem Solved
The ethical deliberations and the professional backbiting and banter of the doctors fare well in the skilled hands of the director and cast.
Theater Review: “Constellations” — A Drama about the Music of Time
Nick Payne’s fascinating Constellations takes the cosmic paradoxes of time head on.
Theater Review: “The Whipping Man” — A Secular Haggadah
Flawed and perhaps overwrought, The Whipping Man is worth watching because of the intensity of its individual scenes.
Theater Review: A Stylish “Steel Magnolias” at Peterborough Players
This Peterborough Players production deserves a longer run than it has in the company’s inaugural winter season.
Theater Review: “Mass Appeal” — A Compelling Drama of Ritual
Profoundly conservative and radically fresh, Mass Appeal justifies its title in the Peterborough Players fine production.