The new musical by Jeanine Tesori and David Lindsay-Abaire is a show that everyone who believes in the artistic future and emotional power of the American musical will want to see.
David Lindsay-Abaire
Theater Review: Peterborough Players’s “Ripcord” — Arguing for a Full Life
David Lindsay-Abaire’s tightly woven comic script celebrates the everyday relationships that make up an argument for a full life.
Theater Review: “Ripcord” — Bittersweet Geriatrics
Yes, Ripcord is candied, but there’s just enough astringency blended in to make the sugar sufficiently tangy.
Theater Review: Two Plays About Desperate People, Members of the 47%
The questions at stake are good ones and not asked very often in contemporary plays: why do some win and others lose in America? And what are the responsibilities of the haves and the have-nots?