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Theater Review: “We Will Not Be Silent” — A Vital Cautionary Tale

November 1, 2018
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New Rep’s production of We Will Not Be Silent is an intelligent and profoundly moving work of theater.

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Theater Review: “The Ferryman” – The Troubles, Once Again

October 30, 2018
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Broadway hasn’t seen a play this harrowing yet eminently enjoyable since August: Osage County.

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Theater Review: A Fabulous “Fun Home”

October 29, 2018
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The SpeakEasy Stage production is intimate and emotionally satisfying, highlighting the musical’s strengths — its sharply witty book, memorable songs, and heartbreaking characters.

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Theater Review: “The Peculiar Patriot” — All Heart

October 22, 2018
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The Peculiar Patriot may say it is about making us feel the human price of mass incarceration in America, but there is more than a little True Romance in the mix.

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Theater Review: “Frankenstein” — It’s Really Alive!

October 20, 2018
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Frankenstein is a gripping amalgamation of the elemental and the technological.

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Theater Review: “Naked” and “Hir” — Identity Meltdown

October 12, 2018
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Taylor Mac and Pirandello share the same goal: reveal the deadening vacuity at the heart of bourgeois society and the male ego.

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Theater Review: “Macbeth” — Shakespeare Re-vamped

October 10, 2018
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Most of the time, Actors’ Shakespeare Project’s production of Macbeth is compelling.

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Theater Review: “The Glass Menagerie” — Doing Justice to an American Classic

October 9, 2018
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This is a first-rate production of a true American classic.

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Theater Review: “Delicate Particle Logic” — History, Re-voiced

October 9, 2018
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Some may find the Lise Meitner’s story cathartic, others may think it is frustratingly familiar.

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Theater Review: “Ben Butler” — Civil War Laughs

October 3, 2018
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A comedy about slavery poses considerable challenges in our #blacklivesmatter times, but the characters bounce gleefully through endless rounds of verbal sparring.

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