Theater

Theater Review: “Baltimore” — Talking Isn’t Enough

February 15, 2016
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There’s nothing wrong with preaching the value of empathy — but who would argue?

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Theater Review: “Tinker to Evers to Chance” — Too Many Pop-ups

February 15, 2016
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The play is at best a solid double off the Green Monster at Fenway, or more appropriate, a line drive into the ivy at venerable Wrigley Field.

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Theater Review: “Milk Like Sugar” — Vivid Snapshots of Confused Lives

February 8, 2016
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Milk Like Sugar cries out for dialogue and confrontations that direct us deeper into the conflicts the young women face.

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Theater Review: “The Convert” — A Zimbabwean Tragedy

February 6, 2016
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The Convert is a complex historical drama that shows us individuals crushed among powerful contradictions.

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Theater Review: “An Octoroon” — Racist Melodrama, Post-Modern Version

February 5, 2016
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Company One’s actors are top notch and they expertly serve the production’s antiquated style of non-realistic acting.

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Theater Interview: Deborah Lake Fortson on “Body & Sold”

February 1, 2016
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Audiences are always shocked by Body & Sold.

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Fuse Theater Review: “Nice Fish” — An Amusingly Big Catch

January 29, 2016
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Nice Fish serves up a deliciously droll brand of American existentialism.

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Fuse Theater Review: “Sondheim on Sondheim” — A Terrific Overview of the Man Behind the Musicals

January 24, 2016
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The revue is a moving and hilarious mixture of reminiscences and stories about Sondheim’s life and a well-chosen sampler of his songs.

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Theater Review: Fresh Ink’s “The Housekeeper” Keeps Things Neat

January 22, 2016
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The Housekeeper may be too conventional for its own good, but it is intelligently crafted and engagingly entertaining.

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Theater Review: “Violet” — A Musical Quest for Healing

January 16, 2016
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In the theater, sentiment must be earned – Violet is moving and likable, but its pathos is only skin deep.

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