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Tuesday, December 19, 2017

A Regular Little Houdini by Joseph Pisano

Daniel LLewelyn-Williams in “A Regular Little Houdini” (Photo credit: Sheri Bankes) In 1905, the chief constable of the Newport, South Wales, police department declaimed the “impenetra…

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Thursday, December 7, 2017

Cross That River: A Tale of the Black West by Joseph Pisano

Serving as both narrator and protagonist, Harris portrays Blue, a runaway slave who crossed the Sabine River from Louisiana to Texas in search of his elusive freedom. To tell us everything t…

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Wednesday, November 15, 2017

AlieNation: The Journey I Never Made & A Story of Love and Soccer by Joseph Pisano

Adhering admirably to its cultural mission, Kairos Italy Theater is treating downtown audiences to a double-bill of smartly written Italian one-acts, each exploring the contentious topic of …

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Sunday, November 12, 2017

Billy and the Killers by Joseph Pisano

In their new rock musical "Billy and the Killers," lyricist/librettist Jim Shankman and composer Peter Stopschinski channel Nicholas Ray, David Lynch, Elvis Presley, and Dashiell Hammett to …

SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:26AM
Thursday, November 9, 2017

What We’re Up Against by Joseph Pisano

With "What We’re Up Against," Theresa Rebeck looks back a quarter century to a time when gender inequality in the workplace was a real problem. Oh, wait…yep, unfortunately, if Rebeck’s…

SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 09:39PM
Monday, October 16, 2017

Arden/Everywhere by Joseph Pisano

Signaling that we’re in for something different, Bauman has redubbed the play "Arden/Everywhere," a hint that home, and the emotional impact of losing it, is at the heart of her reimaginin…

SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 03:20PM
Sunday, October 8, 2017

Mesquite, NV by Joseph Pisano

Most of the humor is at the expense of the Mesquite City Council and its steely-eyed mayor Linda Hadley (Liz Amberly) who could be accurately described as a Margaret Thatcher wannabe, if she…

SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 03:57PM
Wednesday, September 27, 2017

Up the Rabbit Hole by Joseph Pisano

Besides harboring a dwindling dream to become a dancer, thanks to a leg injury, Halliday’s dramatic stand-in, Jack (Tyler Jones), an adoptee, also has to contend with the overwhelming repe…

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Monday, June 6, 2011

Cliffs Notes Bergman: The Atlantic Theater Company’s Through a Glass Darkly by Joseph Pisano

Certainly, taking Bergman’s minimal characters and haunting island setting from celluloid to three dimensions was not a ready-made feat. The post Cliffs Notes Bergman: The Atlantic Theater…

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