Theater
Technology is the gimmick in this two-hander, but what makes Blink absorbing is the writing, teamed with excellent acting and directing.
“For artists involved in doing ensemble devising, there is tremendous value in the creative challenge on every level.”
Writing seriously about a play that might not be meant to be taken so seriously presents a risk, but the provocation embedded in the social message of Born Yesterday can’t be escaped.
The script’s suggestion of mythological violence elevates Eyes Shut. Door Open. above the formulaic “dark domestic secrets revealed at a family reunion” plot line.
Pulitzer Prize-winner Annie Baker’s John is a haunting feminist drama about women and madness.
Few people are familiar with the achievement of nineteenth century African-American Shakespearean actor Ira Aldridge.
One of Unknown Soldier’s powerful choices is that its central characters are not your standard young lovers.
For all of its sound and fury and smoke, the CSC’s version of King Lear is solid rather than surprising or exciting.
The relationship between a now-single mother and her bright, troubled daughter makes for a convincing, pertinent, and deeply funny play.
The play’s made up of domestic confrontations in which dramatist Suzanne Heathcote at times moves past moments of high tension at high speed.
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