Theater
This gem of a play that is guaranteed to make you gasp at its surprising conclusion and leave the theater reveling in its lush language and the outstanding performances.
The laughter in the production serves a useful purpose: it distract us from the serious narrative problems in Caryl Churchill’s script.
Harold Pinter’s language can be enigmatic and deliberately bizarre, but it suggests arcs of passion and desire.
Bridge Rep Theater director Olivia D’Ambrosio has not taken message-mongering to heart in this lively production of a rarely produced play.
Wesley Savick not only does a fine job of adapting Alan Lightman’s text, but in his role as director he squares the circle.
ASP director Bridgette Kathleen O’Leary chooses a nuanced approach to Othello that hews closely to the text.
It is no longer enough for a playwright to go into the belly of the ‘beast’ and pray for help.
This show’s eclectic score is more progressive than what is typical of our determinedly conservative modern musical theater genre.
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