The Devil’s Music: The Life and Blues of Bessie Smith — People’s Light & Theatre Company
Standing on a staircase that takes her three rows up on the stage right aisle, Miche Braden, portraying blues diva Bessie Smith, begins, a cappella, the plaintive wail, “I hate … Continue reading
Stick Fly — Arden Theatre
In the course of her script for “Stick Fly,” currently at the Arden Theatre, Lydia R. Diamond has one of her characters praise the novelist to whom she’s engaged … Continue reading
I Am My Own Wife — Theatre Horizon
Nuance, precision, and deliberate subtlety inform Charlie DelMarcelle’s touching, amusing, and charming performance as Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, born Lothar Berfelde, in Doug Wright’s 2003 solo piece, “I Am My Own … Continue reading
Cock — Theatre Exile
In keeping with the name of Mike Bartlett’s play, Theatre Exile director Deborah Block stages “Cock” at if it were a fight in which its participants must jockey for advantageous … Continue reading
We Are Proud to Present… — InterAct Theatre at the Adrienne
The full title of Jackie Sibblies Drury’s play, performed by InterAct at the Adrienne Theatre, is “We Are Proud to Present a Presentation about The Herero of Namibia, Formerly Known … Continue reading
Once — National Tour — Academy of Music
As a character given no name but simply called Guy, lead actor Stuart Ward embodies the quiet complexity, inner sweetness, pure heart, and cautious ambition of “Once,” the 2012 Tony … Continue reading
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