Theater
The overall effect is one of a genial, superficial club lecture on reading and writing poetry, punctuated by Frost’s Greatest Hits.
While there is much to admire about Detroit Red’s script, there are serious problems with the staging.
The main problem with Gloria is its expository storytelling. Events are mostly announced and described rather than recreated.
Underground Railway Theater has a runaway hit. You’ll never see a show quite like it. It’s bold, ridiculous, and very risky.
Praxis Stage picked the right time to stage a Shakespeare play about a head of state who doesn’t have anything on his mind but corruption.
The New Rep production of Hair is acceptable: if the intent was to look back at a now-dated musical that once caused a stir.
In the spirit of Passover’s four questions, I will ask: Why this play of all plays?
Maytag Virgin accomplishes what it sets out to do and then some: it is a compelling two-hander about grief and romance that explores how the two emotions can intermingle.
Timon is a fascinating, if lumpy and bumpy, black comedy with a nihilistic sting, a lacerating parable about how the worship of gold warps individuals and society.
The Shadow Whose Prey the Hunter Becomes suggests some marvelous possibilities.
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