Sense and Sensibility — People’s Light & Theatre Company
Joseph Hanreddy and J.R. Sullivan have proven with two productions they have a surefire bead on adapting Jane Austen novels for the stage. As writers, they find the wit and … Continue reading
An Enemy of the People — Bristol Riverside Theatre
Consider all of the issues Henrik Ibsen broaches in “An Enemy of the People,” and you might think he was writing in the 21st century rather than in 1882. Parallels … Continue reading
Nora — Delaware Theatre Company
Intensity reigns constant as Kim Carson gives a breakthrough performance, and Ingmar Bergman’s compact adaptation of Ibsen’s classic, “A Doll’s House,” named “Nora” after its focal character, maintains a steady … Continue reading
Row After Row — People’s Light & Theatre Company
Seven score and thirteen years ago, a relatively new nation, the United States, found itself divided over issues of states’ and human rights that centered primarily on the peculiar institution … Continue reading
Bach at Leipzig — People’s Light & Theatre Company
At the end of the first act of Itamar Moses’s play, “Bach at Leipzig,” I turned to my friend, Byron Fink, and said, “I see. It’s a verbal fugue.” At … Continue reading
Water by the Spoonful — Arden Theatre
“Water by the Spoonful” is the middle play of a trilogy in which Quiara Alegría Hudes chronicles the life of Elliot Ortiz, a puertoriquen͂o with great teeth and a leg … Continue reading
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