Theater
Broadway is being subjected to a steady parade of Hollywood names parachuting into familiar titles, propped up by prestige directors and stratospheric ticket prices.
A generous serving of what theater critic John Lahr calls playwright John Guare’s “funhouse-mirror reflection of American life’s caprice and chaos in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.”
With its visual and emotional impact, “Leonardo! A Wonderful Show about a Terrible Monster” provides an expansive, more inclusive view of what theater can do for children.
Whatever really happened in those hectic weeks of December 1791, this modern take on the creation of Mozart’s Requiem might well turn out to have classic possibilities of its own.
The script focuses on the internal struggles that made Eleanor Roosevelt an uncomfortable wife, rather than taking a deeper dive into the moral and progressive vision that made her such an admirable first lady.
Chris Grace invites us to think about mortality with him, to learn something from his stories, and to share a few heartwarming laughs along the way.
The play eventually packs a wallop, but it drags its feet at the start.
The Front Porch Arts Collective’s engaging revival of Katori Hall’s drama comes at a propitious time.
Given all the chaos and violence around us, isn’t it a mite too late for a subtle play like “Our Town” to be considered a “primal scream?”
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