Underground Railway Theater has a runaway hit. You’ll never see a show quite like it. It’s bold, ridiculous, and very risky.
David R. Gammons
Theater Review: “Frankenstein” — It’s Really Alive!
Frankenstein is a gripping amalgamation of the elemental and the technological.
Theater Review: ASP’s “Edward II” — The Intimacy of Political Violence
Marlowe’s skill in maintaining a high level of complexity put the history play on a sophisticated footing.
Theater Review: “Hand to God” — Did the Devil Really Do It?
Askins’ script is an amusing mash-up of sex comedy and supernatural horror parody.
Theater Review: “A Measure of Normalcy”—Mauled at the Mall
A Measure of Normalcy pays more attention to its many themes than its characterizations..
Fuse Theater Review: “Necessary Monsters” — A Confusing Walk on the Wild Side
Attempting to dig underneath our protective psychic skins to get at the festering Ids within, John Kuntz would like Necessary Monsters to mesh laughter and fright, comedy and horror.
Theater Review: This “Comedy of Errors” is an Exhilarating Circus of Desperation
The intriguing notion of a down-and-out clown troupe struggling with a classic text propels this superb production.
Theater Review: Beached in the Living Room — “The Whale”
Unlike much of what comes through the new play development pipeline, “The Whale” proffers a coherent narrative structure — the result is a well-crafted, somewhat edgy, domestic tragedy.
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?