The It Girl — Simpatico at the Lou Bluver Theatre at the Drake
It’s called “It.” It’s undefinable. Different people would characterize it in different ways. You can’t acquire it, rehearse for it, copy it. “It” is “it.” You know it when you … Continue reading
Rizzo — Theatre Exile at Christ Church Neighborhood House
Frank Rizzo is such an indelible figure, 24 years is not enough time to erase his image or the force of his personality from the people who followed his exploits … Continue reading
The Hairy Ape — EgoPo Classic Theater at The Latvian Society
Fueled by an extraordinary performance by Matteo Scammell as Yank, Brenna Geffers’s production of Eugene O’Neill’s “The Hairy Ape” for EgoPo is a magnificent example of how expressionistic stylization can … Continue reading
The Glass Menagerie — Act II Playhouse
The sad lucklessness of the Wingfield family of FDR-era St. Louis resonates deeply through James J. Christy’s production of “The Glass Menagerie” for Act II Playhouse. All of Amanda’s plans … Continue reading
La Bête — Arden Theatre
All begins well with Emmanuelle Delpech’s production of “La Bête” at Philadelphia’s Arden Theatre. That is if you don’t count the gratuitously bizarre antics of Amanda Schoonover as Dorine, the … Continue reading
Brainpeople — Luna Theater
Magical realism is an acquired taste. It asks for more than usual suspension of disbelief as it turns a plausible, realistic situation into a fantasy of great or even phenomenal proportion. … Continue reading
Skin & Bone — Azuka Theatre at Off-Broad Street Theater
The ramshackle bed and breakfast situated in an early 19th century clapboard house in Transfer, Florida, a fictional blip off the I-10 Interstate in the most rural, i.e. old traditional … Continue reading
News from the Avenue — I Am Curious (Very)
SCIENCE VS. RELIGION IN SNOWGLOBE AT SHUBIN Playwright Nicholas Wardigo says he once believed that science and religion could co-exist, that faith and fact were compatible in the … Continue reading
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