Robert Israel
A Measure of Normalcy pays more attention to its many themes than its characterizations..
Read MoreMatthew Teitelbaum, 59, may be among the most reluctant employees the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston has hired.
Read MoreGloucester Blue is a lively play whose glow is generated by the spirited, tragicomic performances of a cast that obviously delights in performing it.
Read MoreIn appropriate, a talented young playwright turns mischievous literary homage into a work of exhilarating entertainment.
Read MoreYou should see GSC’s The Flick, but be warned that the drama works in spurts and starts
Read MoreJames Tate remains true to himself. These prose-poems are often stellar, harrowingly distinctive, and worthy of repeat visits.
Read MoreLike Samuel Beckett, Enda Walsh does not ignore the tenderness that flourishes, often under the duress of absurdity.
Read MoreWhile 887 explores the political, historical, and cultural ramifications of centuries-old racism, Robert Lepage never panders to victim mentality polemics.
Read MoreOut of Sterno punches the same punchline far too often.
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