Lydie Breeze: Aipotu — EgoPo, Christ Church Neighborhood House
LYDIE BREEZE: AIPOTU, EgoPo Classic Theater at Christ Church Neighborhood House, 20 N. American Street, Philadelphia, through March 18 but returning in April as part of a Marathon — Mirror-read … Continue reading
Lightning Rounds — The Cripple of Inishmaan, The Elixir of Love, Forever Plaid
April 2016 proved a cruel month in terms of time demands, so I am in a position of having to catch up with commenting a number of productions by screwing … Continue reading
The Government Inspector — Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium at Walnut Studio 5
When I was a child, my first inkling that life was different in the Communist world behind the Iron Curtain did not derive from propaganda but from Eastern European … Continue reading
All in the Timing — Idiopathic Ridculopathy Consortium at L’Etage
Tina Brock and David Stanger’s production of David Ives’s loopy one-acts, “All in the Timing” is an occasion of grand serendipity. “Timing’s’ half-dozen sketches seem handmade for Brock’s Idiopathic Ridiculopathy … Continue reading
Noises Off — Curio Theatre
As serious and incisive as Michael Frayn can be in plays like “Copenhagen” and “Democracy,” he is known in most of his novels and theater pieces for poking deliciously mean … Continue reading
Misalliance — Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium at Walnut 5
Among the many human traits George Bernard Shaw figured out and wrote about is the people most likely to be strangers to each other are parents and their children. In … Continue reading
Ondine — Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium at Walnut 5
Seeing a rare piece, one you never expected to see, is treat enough, but the Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium (IRC)’s production of Jean Giraudoux’s “Ondine” goes beyond a treat to become … Continue reading
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