Theater
Is the long trip through Purgatory worth the time? Not sure.
Chill is a solid enough attempt to dramatize a millennial coming-of-age story, but it is reluctant to probe very deeply into the guts of the zeitgeist.
There are powerful intimations of modernity in the writhings of Edwin Booth’s psyche.
Questioning Joshua Sobol’s right to write about these kinds of intimate atrocities is to suggest that stages should never address these issues.
Penobscot Theatre Company is staging Monica Wood’s moving and thoughtful play about a real life labor dispute in Maine.
This is a wonderful production of an important play that still has a dog in the fight.
Jeffrey Sweet has provided a handy oral history of the ways playwriting has changed over three generations.
Silent Sky is a moving and thoughtful play; it is well worth the gaze of any serious theatergoer.
Nora Theatre Company’s thoughtful production of Precious Little will encourage you to dig a little deeper into yourself.
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