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Off-Broadway Review: THE VERGE (Fiasco Theater / The Public Theater)
A CRITIC ON THE VERGE Fiasco Theater’s revival of Susan Glaspell’s 1921 drama leaves more questions than answers Susan Glaspell’s 1921 drama The Verge, about a woman on the edge of—something—has been revived this season by Fiasco Theater. The name of the company couldn’t be more apt. It’s hard to understand why anyone would want…
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Theater Review: THE WASH (Front Porch Arts Collective / Boston)
WASHING OUT INEQUALITY In a stirring account of the 1881 Atlanta Washerwomen’s Strike, collective action becomes a powerful force for change It is the hot summer of 1881, and Atlanta, Georgia, is preparing to host the International Cotton Exposition. A major business convention on the scale of the World’s Fair, the cotton expo is meant…
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Dance Review: PAUL TAYLOR DANCE COMPANY (Lincoln Center / New York)
THE JOY OF MOVEMENT From the breezy “Airs” to the exuberant “Esplanade” and Robert Battle’s premiere “A Starling,” Paul Taylor’s dancers are a breath of fresh air Paul Taylor’s dance company, founded in 1954, presented three works on November 6 while in residence at the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center, offering a repertoire…
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Theater Review: MEXODUS (Studebaker Theater / Chicago)
THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD GETS A NEW TRACK Two musicians bring a little-known chapter of American history to life through hip-hop, live looping, and inventive theatrical storytelling Mexodus takes a leaf out of Hamilton’s book and sets another American history story to hip-hop music with Black and Brown storytellers at the helm. This time, musical theatre…
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Theater Review: THE ROYALE (Writers Theatre / Glencoe)
A PLAY THAT GOES THE DISTANCE Writers Theatre delivers a knockout production of Marco Ramirez’s boxing drama, where the greatest battles take place outside the ring The second show in Writers Theatre’s current season is Marco Ramirez’s The Royale. Loosely based on the life of Jack Johnson, the first Black world heavyweight champion, The Royale…
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Theater Review: I AND YOU (Umbrella Stage Company / Concord, MA)
I AND YOU CONTAINS MULTITUDES —AND A PLOT TWIST Two classmates discover the unexpected connections between their lives in Lauren Gunderson’s intimate drama “For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you.” — Walt Whitman, “Song of Myself“ Pronouns take on new meaning when viewed through the lens of Walt Whitman. Under Michelle…
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Thaeter Review: SWEENEY TODD (Pacific Opera Project / Los Angeles)
A CUT ABOVE THE REST Pacific Opera Project gives Sondheim’s murderous barber a splendid revival, with two outstanding performances at its center Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street at the El Portal Theatre in North Hollywood allows Pacific Opera Project to do what they do best—put on entertaining and engaging shows with both…
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Opera Review: A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE (Boston Lyric Opera)
THE KINDNESS OF STRANGERS, THE CRUELTY OF FAMILIARS Previn’s jazz-inflected score gives Williams’s tragedy another voice With tense and exciting direction by Patricia Racette, Daniella Candillari leads the orchestra in a beautiful and enthralling A Streetcar Named Desire at Boston Lyric Opera through Sunday. This new co-production with Opera Theatre of Saint Louis brings its…
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Theater Review: CONFEDERATES (Fountain Theatre / Los Angeles)
ALLIES WITH STRINGS ATTACHED Two Black women, separated by 164 years, discover that everyone offering help wants something in return Only one character in Dominique Morisseau’s Confederates says the title word out loud. Sara, an enslaved woman copying Confederate troop movements off her master’s desk, has overheard Master Dan talking strategy in his office. She…
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Theater Review: A MURDER IS ANNOUNCED (Saint Sebastian Players / Chicago)
A DEADLY DATE WITH MISS MARPLE A cozy Christie mystery delivers the requisite red herrings, even if the performances are uneven In another place and time, when I was all of sixteen years old and bored out of my mind during an extended summer vacation, I picked up a book called The Sittaford Mystery by…
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Theater Review: RECENT ALIEN ABDUCTIONS (Sacred Fools Theater Company / Los Angeles)
THE TRUTH WAS ALREADY OUT THERE A haunting mystery of family trauma loses some of its power when the answers come too easily Álvaro has a grievance with The X-Files. In the series’ 25th episode, Fox Mulder finds a frightened teenager hiding in a bathroom stall at Puerto Rico’s Arecibo Observatory. The boy tells Mulder…
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Off-Broadway Review: CATHOLIC GUILT (SoHo Playhouse)
BLESS ME, FATHER, FOR I HAVE LAUGHED Kelly McCaughan turns a Catholic upbringing into an outrageous exercise in sacrilege, sexuality, and shameless clowning I spent my formative years, from four to eleven, in a Catholic school run by nuns, so I had a fairly thorough introduction to the curious architecture of religious belief. To be…
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Theater Review: CHURCH HURT (Red Theater / Chicago)
FORGIVE US OUR TRESPASSES Red Theater’s thoughtful world premiere finds grace in its characters, even when the drama struggles to deliver Backlit by strips of light and surrounded by walls of blond, bland wood, an enormous crucifix is the first thing that greets you in Red Theater’s production of Church Hurt, the new play by…
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Off-Broadway Review: THE BLUE VIOLINIST OVER WEST END AVENUE (Prism Stage Company at Theatre Row)
A FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, A FAMILY ON THE BRINK A politically divided family finds plenty to argue about, but too little dramatic ground to stand on It was only a matter of time before playwrights writing about the Jewish-American condition and Israel would touch on October 7 and the ensuing war waged by Israel…
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Theater Review: THE OUTSIDERS (National Tour / San Diego)
THE OUTSIDERS WILL TEAR YOU INSIDE OUT A thrilling musical adaptation of S. E. Hinton’s novel finds heartbreak, hope, and humanity on the streets of Tulsa The story behind the story is actually pretty interesting, before we ever get to this musical. S. E. Hinton wrote the original novel The Outsiders when she was between…
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Opera / Film Review: HERCULES VS VAMPIRES (LA Opera at United Theatre)
A LITTLE NIGHTMARE MUSIC LA Opera gives a sword-and-sandal cult classic an operatic makeover, with high art, low comedy, and plenty of glorious camp Attending this show reminded me of a joke from the early days of The Simpsons cartoon series. Lisa sees a movie marquee that reads: “Yahoo Serious Film Festival.” She comments wryly,…
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Theater Review: LIBERATION (Berkeley Rep)
YOU’VE COME A LONG WAY, BABY. OR HAVE YOU? Bess Wohl’s Tony- and Pulitzer-winning play revisits the women’s liberation movement and the unfinished fight for equality Now playing at Berkeley Repertory Theatre is this year’s Tony Award winner for Best Play, Bess Wohl’s timely Liberation. Set in Ohio in the early 1970s, the play follows…
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Theater Review: THE COTTAGE (North Coast Repertory Theatre / Solana Beach)
ALL’S FAIR IN LOVE AND FARCE A scandalous country-house comedy serves up infidelity, impeccable manners, and deliciously unexpected complications Let’s just start with the accolades: The Cottage is a delightful, fast-paced comedy that packs a lot of laughter in, along with some surprisingly insightful moments as well. The show, written in 2013 but set in…
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Theater Review: DRACULA: A COMEDY OF TERRORS (Center REP / Walnut Creek)
A FANG-TASTIC CASE OF MISTAKEN BITENTITY Center REP’s quick-change vampire farce takes a bite out of Bram Stoker and leaves the audience howling Most of us know Bram Stoker’s classic novel Dracula. The suave and sexy Count Dracula lives in a dark castle in Transylvania, sleeps in a coffin during the day, and roams the…
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Theater Review: KING HEDLEY II (City Lit Theater / Chicago)
HEAVY LIES THE CROWN Manny Buckley’s commanding production finds its greatest strength in the performances surrounding its troubled protagonist “If I’d been carrying twenty pounds of potatoes maybe I would have went home a shorter way.” A fading mural of Willie Mays peeks from a corner onto two weathered houses in Pittsburgh. The year is…
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