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Gloucester Stage Company

Theater Review: “The Thin Place” — Nowheresville

An experimental drama, no matter how tantalizing, has to come up with a payoff that makes its bewildering journey worth it. Lucas Hnath’s doesn’t.

By: David Greenham Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: Gloucester Stage Company, Lucas Hnath, The Thin Place

Theater Review: “Paradise Blue” — Hit the High Notes

This dark and jazzy noir drama would be compelling if it just focused on dramatizing a jazz artist’s quest for artistic perfection.

By: David Greenham Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: David Greenham, Dominique Morisseau, Elise Joyner, Gloucester Stage Company, Logan Pitts

Theater Review: “Grand Horizons” — Divorce Geriatric Style

Grand Horizons at the Gloucester Stage Company is a wild, funny, and sometimes wonderfully touching ride.

By: David Greenham Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: Bess Wohl, Gloucester Stage Company, Grand Horizons, Paula Plum, Richard Snee, Robert Walsh

Theater Review: “Mr. Fullerton, Between the Sheets” — Romantic Misfire

Once it gets its bearings, Mr. Fullerton, Between the Sheets, tosses and turns its way through the throes of hidden romance, miscommunication, reconciliation and, eventually, heartbreak.

By: David Greenham Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: Anne Undeland, Between the Sheets, David Greenham, Gloucester Stage Company, Judy Braha, Mr. Fullerton

Theater Review: “Reparations” — A Message Well Delivered

As the play ends, all four characters have a clear understanding of their marching orders. But will they — or we — act on them?

By: David Greenham Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: David Greenham, Gloucester Stage Company, James Sheldon., Myriam Cyr, Reparations

Theater Review: “Seared” — A Recipe for Comedy

Theresa Rebeck’s foodie comedy Seared is more of an amiable appetizer than a substantial entree.

By: David Greenham Filed Under: Featured, Food, Review, Theater Tagged: Gloucester Stage Company, Seared, Theresa Rebeck, Victoria Gruenberg

Theater Review: “Tiny Beautiful Things” — A Memorable Search for Answers

The GSC production of Tiny Beautiful Things supplies a 90-minute catharsis, an opportunity to deal with all we’ve bottled up over the last 15 months or so.

By: David Greenham Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: Celeste Oliva, drian Peguero, Gloucester Stage Company, Kelly Chick, Lyndsay Allyn Cox, Nael Nacer, Nia Vardalos, Tiny Beautiful Things

Theater Review: “The Lifespan of a Fact” — Truth and Consequences

In a taut 90 minutes, The Lifespan of a Fact zeroes in on some key issues that we’re grappling with as a country — or ought to be.

By: David Greenham Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: David Greenham, Gloucester Stage Company, The Lifespan of a Fact

Theater Review: “Wrestling With Freedom” — Invaluable History

The script offers an indispensable vision of American history from the point of view of African women.

By: David Greenham Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: Gloucester Stage Company, Jacqui Parker, Phillis Wheatley, Wrestling With Freedom

Theater Review: “Cyrano” — A Classic, Well Refreshed

With this fun and irreverent staging of Cyrano, GSC Artistic Director Robert Walsh has thrown audiences a delightful curve.

By: David Greenham Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: Andrea Goldman, Cyrano, David Greenham, Gloucester Stage Company, Jeremiah Kissel, Robert Walsh

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