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Theater Review: At WTF — “The Roommate” and “The Model American”

July 4, 2017
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The Model American is a powerful reminder of how deep theatrical pockets can be used to develop deeply significant new work.

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Fourth of July Feature: The Devil and “Daniel Shays” — Rebellion Reenacted

July 3, 2017
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Children of the Wild’s Daniel Shays is the ideal response to the once popular 19th century Ballad of Daniel Shays.

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Theater Review: “I and You” — A Powerful Look at the Teenage World

July 1, 2017
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The CTC’s first production of the summer is an unqualified delight.

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Theater Review: A Pretty Ragged “Ragtime”

June 26, 2017
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Barrington Stage director Joe Calarco has come to the material with a radically different production idea.

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Theater Review: “The Whipping Man” — A Secular Haggadah

June 23, 2017
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Flawed and perhaps overwrought, The Whipping Man is worth watching because of the intensity of its individual scenes.

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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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