Robert Israel
The talented SpeakEasy Stage ensemble offers enough harmonious pizazz to make up for the musical ‘s erotic fizzle.
In the remarkable images of Henryk Ross, Nazi evil is exposed through a kind of heroic voyeurism.
Grand Concourse does wondrous things: it encourages us ponder our own growth toward faith while emphasizing with the struggles of others.
This excellent film version of the play Fences meets (even exceeds) the considerable demands of August Wilson’s script.
These posthumous volumes provide ample proof that poet Philip Levine was far more than a proletariat troubadour.
Tiger Style! blows by like a whirlwind — wordy, frivolous, and ultimately unsatisfying.
“Theater is my pathway to sanity,” Melinda Lopez explains.
This 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.
“If you’ll excuse me for being cheeky, it’s a collaboration between the players on stage and Beckett’s works.”
Yes, another circus show has come to town with players who display breath-taking athleticism in all its cheeky glory.

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