Thornton Wilder’s Big Ideas do not get lost in the hurly-burly of this production.
Gus Kaikkonen
Theater Review: “The Doctor’s Dilemma” — Problem Solved
The ethical deliberations and the professional backbiting and banter of the doctors fare well in the skilled hands of the director and cast.
Theater Review: A Stylish “Steel Magnolias” at Peterborough Players
This Peterborough Players production deserves a longer run than it has in the company’s inaugural winter season.
Theater Review: “Mass Appeal” — A Compelling Drama of Ritual
Profoundly conservative and radically fresh, Mass Appeal justifies its title in the Peterborough Players fine production.
Theater Review: A Fresh Take on GBS’s “Pygmalion”
The staging is a brash translation of Shaw’s early twentieth-century delicacy into twenty-first century Yankee sensibilities.
Theater Review: “Annapurna” — A Trip Worth Taking
A two-person engagement like Annapurna demands that mysterious quality from actors that we call “chemistry.”
Theater Review: Peterborough Players’ “Born Yesterday” — The More Things Change …
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.
Fuse Theater Review: “Intimate Exchanges” — A Comedy of Possibilities
In many ways, Alan Ayckbourn in Intimate Exchanges has concocted the perfect recipe for a company like the Peterborough Players.
Fuse Theater Review: An Uneven “Red” from the Peterborough Players
There is little for the audience to take away from Red, except the anecdotal dramatization of an event inspired by Mark Rothko’s career.
Theater Review: “The Voysey Inheritance” — A Masterpiece About Fraud, Capitalism, and Family
The Voysey Inheritance comes to the Peterborough Players with distinction, and this production is persuasive evidence that it belongs in a wider repertory of contemporary theater.