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Theater Review: “Blink” at the Chester Theatre Company — Anything But Fleeting

August 14, 2015
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Technology is the gimmick in this two-hander, but what makes Blink absorbing is the writing, teamed with excellent acting and directing.

Theater Interview: Davis Robinson on “Ensemble Devising” — Artistic “Rapid-Response” Teams

August 13, 2015
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“For artists involved in doing ensemble devising, there is tremendous value in the creative challenge on every level.”

Theater Review: Peterborough Players’ “Born Yesterday” — The More Things Change …

August 13, 2015
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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.

Theater Review: “Eyes Shut. Door Open.” – Cain and Abel South of Houston Street

August 12, 2015
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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.

Theater Review: Annie Baker’s “John” — A Feminist Black Comedy

August 9, 2015
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Pulitzer Prize-winner Annie Baker’s John is a haunting feminist drama about women and madness.

Theater Feature: John Douglas Thompson on “Red Velvet” — Race and Shakespeare in the Nineteenth Century

August 8, 2015
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Few people are familiar with the achievement of nineteenth century African-American Shakespearean actor Ira Aldridge.

Theater Review: “Unknown Soldier” — A Musical About the Power of Memory

August 5, 2015
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One of Unknown Soldier’s powerful choices is that its central characters are not your standard young lovers.

Theater Review: The CSC’s “King Lear” — The Deed Dutifully Done

August 2, 2015
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For all of its sound and fury and smoke, the CSC’s version of King Lear is solid rather than surprising or exciting.

Theater Review: A Terrific “Memory House”

July 31, 2015
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The relationship between a now-single mother and her bright, troubled daughter makes for a convincing, pertinent, and deeply funny play.

Theater Review: Three’s Isolation — “I Saw My Neighbor on the Train and I Didn’t Even Smile”

July 31, 2015
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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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