Admissions is a successful comedy, but not quite the hot, scathing satire of ‘privileged whiteness’ one might gather from the ads. (Or from some of the local reviews.)
SpeakEasy Stage Company
Theater Review: “Choir Boy” — Musical Grace
Few of the numbers in Choir Boy fails to astonish.
Theater Review: “The View UpStairs” — Celebrating a Milestone
As a vision of gay bonding, The View UpStairs exudes a wonderful in-your-face spirit.
Theater Review: “School Girls” — Teaching Lessons
School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play is a serious comedy that takes aim at our provinciality and ignorance.
Theater Review: “Once” — Everything Goes Brilliantly Right
Once is a wonderful musical and the Speakeasy Stage production does exquisitely right by its considerable merits.
Theater Review: “Small Mouth Sounds” — Small Change
Despite its promising premise, Bess Wohl’s script is yet another wan exercise in genial domestic comedy.
Theater Review: A Fabulous “Fun Home”
The SpeakEasy Stage production is intimate and emotionally satisfying, highlighting the musical’s strengths — its sharply witty book, memorable songs, and heartbreaking characters.
Theater Review: “Between Riverside and Crazy”‘s American Dream — Epic Fail
Stephen Adly Guirgis has written a fine play about those who would blur their minds rather than admit just how tired they are.
Theater Review: “Allegiance” — Inspiration By-The-Numbers
Despite my complaints, Allegiance is affecting – almost frustratingly so.
Theater Review: “Every Brilliant Thing” — The Weight of the World
Adrianne Krstansky, a marvelous actress, understandably exhibits signs of the strain of having to carry the entire production on her shoulders.