Theater

Book Review: The Fascinating Story of “The Method”

May 8, 2022
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Isaac Butler’s stories about The Method’s effect on American film acting are insightful, particularly when he recounts how actors could be either inspired or angered when they embraced it.

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Theater Review: “Ain’t Misbehavin’” — The Joint is Really Jumpin’

May 4, 2022
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This sizzling production of Ain’t Misbehavin’ is one of those one-of-a kind of experiences that we all long for in the theater.

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Theater Review: “Miss Holmes Returns” — A Sherlockian Mystery with A Twist

May 2, 2022
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In Miss Holmes Returns, dramatist Christopher M. Walsh has involved the gender-switched pair in an entertaining yarn of uncertainty, betrayal and social justice.

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Theater Interview: “The New Galileos” — The Price of Freedom

April 30, 2022
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“Plays about climate are notoriously difficult , not only because the science is complex and has become politicized, but also because audiences don’t flock to work that shows us the terrifying realities of our world.”

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Theater Review: “The Minutes” on Broadway Beguiles and Befuddles

April 29, 2022
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Pulitzer Prize-winner Tracy Letts’s new Broadway play features an intriguing premise and a shocking denouement.

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Theater Review: “Our Daughters, Like Pillars” — Bearing the Weight

April 26, 2022
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Kirsten Greenidge’s epic comic drama is a spot-on examination of the challenges changing times pose to evolving families.

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Theater Review: “Burgerz” — Food Court

April 20, 2022
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Non-binary people have plenty to be angry about these days, but Burgerz is not an attempt to shock or strike back in anger.

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Theater Interview: John Bell on Bread and Puppet’s Staging of Aeschylus’s “The Persians”

April 19, 2022
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“The play challenges us to think about those we consider our enemies, and to think of them with compassion and understanding.”

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Theater Commentary: A Wacky Vision of Violence — “Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus”

April 12, 2022
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Finally, a sign that American theater might be facing the world of violence outside of its usual provincial purview.

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Theater Review: “AntigonX” — Sophocles Newly Envisioned, Splendidly

April 6, 2022
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AntigonX shows how a theater company’s admirable dedication to innovation lifts new voices and ideas.

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