Theater
As the run continues, the torrent of gags will probably settle into place and proper narrative rhythms emerge. But for now, the game’s aground.
There’s plenty of potential in Tony Meneses’ script about men sharing their inner lives with other men, but it is filled with too many silent types.
Is it possible for an outstanding actress to achieve similar heights as a playwright? The answer is yes, but with reservations.
Cinematic in inspiration, Diane Paulus’s direction whips up terse bursts of adolescent energy, tapping into a cocky hunger for self-destructive combat.
“It’s not just some generic ‘evil’ “The Arsonists” protests, it is willful blindness to fascist and authoritarian agendas. Denial and hiding behind “bourgeois” comfort is the theme.”
This “Mattress” is all about Sutton Foster. And that’s a good thing.
Through around 10 scenes, spanning over a decade, “Wish You Were Here” looks at political oppression through the domestic lens of lost love and friendships.
This, my friends, is what a capital D Diva looks like.
This production brings the Peterborough Players back in line with their own best traditions: entertaining, thoughtful, delightfully irreverent.
A relaxed, humane kindness shines through this staging of Shakespeare’s hymn to reconciliation.
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