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Kate Abbott

Theater Review: Harold Pinter’s “The Homecoming” at the BTG—Stillborn

Harold Pinter’s language can be enigmatic and deliberately bizarre, but it suggests arcs of passion and desire.

By: Kate Abbott Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: Berkshire Theater Group, Eric Hill, Harold-Pinter, Kate Abbott, The Homecoming

Theater Review: “Veils”—On Screens, Public and Private

Veils moves from political rallies to private show-downs, from blog exposition to deft, direct, and sometimes swiftly nuanced dialogues.

By: Kate Abbott Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: Barrington Stage Company, Donnetta Lavinia Grays, Hend Ayoub, Kate Abbott, Tom Coash, Veils

Theater Review: “The Road to Where” — A Powerful Musical Memoir

A friendly energy runs through the heart of The Road to Where, a tangible and inviting companionship.

By: Kate Abbott Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: Cass Morgan, Kate Abbott, musical, one-woman show, The Road to Where, Weston Playhouse Theatre Company

Fuse Theater Review: BSC’s “His Girl Friday” — Fast Action on the Chicago Beat

His Girl Friday is a stirring celebration of the power of journalism that not only amuses but manages to be troubling as well.

By: Arts Fuse Editor Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: Barrington Stage Company, His Girl Friday, John-Guare, Julianne Boyd, Kate Abbott

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

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

By: Kate Abbott Filed Under: Featured, Preview, Theater Tagged: Ira Aldridge, John Douglas Thompson, Kate Abbott, London, nineteenth century, Red Velvet, Shakespeare, Shakespeare&Company

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

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

By: Kate Abbott Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: Daniel Goldstein, Kate Abbott, musical, Trip Cullman, Unknown Soldier, Williamstown-Theatre-Festival, WWI

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

The play’s made up of domestic confrontations in which dramatist Suzanne Heathcote at times moves past moments of high tension at high speed.

By: Kate Abbot Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: Berkshire Theatre Group, I Saw My Neighbor on the Train and I Didn’t Even Smile, Kate Abbott, Stockbridge MA, Suzanne Heathcote, Unicorn Theatre

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