The Gun Show — Passage Theatre at Mill Hill Playhouse
E.M. Lewis knows guns. She grew up in rural Oregon on a farm that was 50 miles from the nearest police station and a considerable distance from its nearest neighbor. … Continue reading
Mark Twain Unplugged — Act II Playhouse
Tom Teti’s scholarship impresses. The actor has not only done research to write a script that assigns him the laudable part of America’s finest humorist, Mark Twain, but he has … Continue reading
Sizwe Banzi is Dead — McCarter Theatre Company
“Sizwe Banzi is Dead” is genuine work of theater. And an authentic, authoritative look at a shameful period of South African history that skillfully camouflages the importance of the indignities … Continue reading
Private Lives — Walnut Street Theatre
Kathleen Wallace slides into Noel Coward bons mots with a delicious subtlety that contrasts well with her nimbly gymnastic and diabolically satirical takeoff on Merce Cunningham-Martha Graham modernism when a … Continue reading
Closer — Luna Theater
The dialogue alone in Patrick Marber’s play, “Closer,” offers enough excellence to celebrate. Marber is a playful writer. The byplay he provides his characters shows their universal sophistication and intelligence. … Continue reading
Hot ‘N’ Cole — Mauckingbird Theatre Company
Enjoyment of the Mauckingbird Theatre Company’s revue, “Hot ‘N’ Cole” depends entirely on which performer sings which particular song and when. All six of the performers in this program of … Continue reading
A Life in the Theatre — Walnut Independence on 3
One thing you learn, with some fascination, as you watch the Walnut Street Theatre’s production of David Mamet’s “A Life in the Theatre” is how incredibly agile actor Davy Raphaely … Continue reading
The Body of an American — Wilma Theater
Throughout Dan O’Brien’s play, “The Body of an American,” a writer, called Dan because he is the stage alter ego for Dan O’Brien, talks to a character representing Toronto Star … Continue reading
On The Verge — Hedgerow Theatre
Naturalists, botanists, zoologists, archeologists, and any number of explorers and adventurers left Britain’s piers from the Georgian to the Victorian periods on scientific expeditions that had the noble intention to … Continue reading
Motown: The Musical — National Tour — Academy of Music
A familiar beat is struck recalling sounds that were favorites from my transistor-listening, records-in-the-basement youth. You hear a slight strain of the Martha and The Vandellas hit, “Dancing in the Street,” … Continue reading
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