Robert Israel
Grand Concourse does wondrous things: it encourages us ponder our own growth toward faith while emphasizing with the struggles of others.
Read MoreThis excellent film version of the play Fences meets (even exceeds) the considerable demands of August Wilson’s script.
Read MoreThese posthumous volumes provide ample proof that poet Philip Levine was far more than a proletariat troubadour.
Read MoreTiger Style! blows by like a whirlwind — wordy, frivolous, and ultimately unsatisfying.
Read More“Theater is my pathway to sanity,” Melinda Lopez explains.
Read MoreThis is a galvanic production that stirs the spirit and demands that we reflect on what the script says about our own time, our own struggles.
Read More“If you’ll excuse me for being cheeky, it’s a collaboration between the players on stage and Beckett’s works.”
Read MoreYes, another circus show has come to town with players who display breath-taking athleticism in all its cheeky glory.
Read MoreOnce Eugene O’Neill and Tennessee Williams achieved success, they wanted to take on themes in their plays that challenged audiences.
Read MoreThere’s a lot of love in the Lyric Stage Company’s production of Stephen Sondheim’s 1970 Tony Award winning show, Company.
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