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Theater Review: “Dhalgren Sunrise” — Unreal City

June 20, 2017
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This is an evening that, through an excess of imagination, makes as little sense as possible.

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Theater Commentary: Trump, Julius Caesar, and Political Farce

June 19, 2017
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If the ballyhoo around the Public Theater’s Julius Caesar is a sign of the times, then we have a lot more than Trump to fear.

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Theater Review: “The Midvale High School Fiftieth Reunion” — Pleasant Remembrance of Things Past

June 14, 2017
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Alan Brody’s play is a pleasant valentine, and it will likely find a life in regional and community theaters.

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Theater Feature: “The Rest is Silence” — A “Doggie Hamlet”

June 13, 2017
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A difficult balancing act: marrying art with the community-based traditions of everyday rural life.

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Theater Review: “Days of Atonement” — Sin Overload

June 7, 2017
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There are just too many traumas on Hasfari’s checklist, too little time allotted to dramatic depth.

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Theater Feature: JAG Productions — Establishing Black Theater in Vermont

June 1, 2017
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JAG Productions’ goal is to stage plays that reflect the lives of African-Americans — in Vermont, the second-whitest state in the nation.

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Theater Review: “Ripcord” — Bittersweet Geriatrics

June 1, 2017
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Yes, Ripcord is candied, but there’s just enough astringency blended in to make the sugar sufficiently tangy.

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Theater Review: “4000 Miles” — A Perceptive Look at the Generation Gap

May 30, 2017
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4000 Miles is charming, insightful, and moving, an enjoyable anthropological study of contemporary American life across the generations.

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Theater Review: “Fuente Ovejuna” — An Underwhelming Revival

May 26, 2017
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Lope de Vega’s classic story of how the powerless stood up to authority — and won –deserves better treatment than clumsy caricature.

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Theater Review: Actors’ Shakespeare Project’s Dream of a Midsummer Night

May 24, 2017
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Mortals would be foolish to miss the ASP’s version of Shakespeare’s Dream.

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