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Monday, July 23, 2012

Review: A Life In Monochrome by Amelia Forsbrook

Set in a bar in downtown Chicago, the collaboratively-devised A Life in Monochrome begins in style. Through the use of cabaret seating and an onstage jazz band, the company inventively trans…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:43PM
Friday, July 20, 2012

Review: An Oasis In 5 Parts by Amelia Forsbrook

“Do pop along if you are in London,” tweeted performance artist Pat Ashe. “It’s only £6 to watch me doing stuff on stage.” Now, I don’t know how much thought went into this mark…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:16PM
Thursday, July 19, 2012

Review: Dry Rot by Amelia Forsbrook

You would have thought that by now, the word ‘farce’ would have firmly established itself as an insult. The embarrassingly British, post-war style of performance known for rude character…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:53AM
Saturday, July 14, 2012

Review: The Word for Snow by Amelia Forsbrook

It is hard to verbally express the inadequacy of language. Sometimes words just seem to burst at the seams, their intrinsic limitations ready to break due to the multiplicity of meaning they…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:09AM
Friday, May 18, 2012

Review: Chair by Amelia Forsbrook

Some playwrights just demand to be heard, and none more so than Edward Bond, the outspoken writer whose revolutionary work Saved bellowed loud and brutal choruses against the Lord Chamberla…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:15AM
Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Review: Something For The Winter by Amelia Forsbrook

Something for the Winter may seem like an odd title for a play focused on last August’s riots, but as this adaptation from The Bridge Theatre unfolds to reveal a young couple determined to…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:43PM
Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Review: When Women Wee by Amelia Forsbrook

If any play is going to get you talking about boys, it’s this all-female piece from the risque theatre company, Dirty Stop-Out. Shamelessly confessional and brutally voyeuristic, When Wome…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:50AM
Saturday, May 5, 2012

Review: How To Think The Unthinkable by Amelia Forsbrook

  It’s no secret that Greek mythology has stood the test of time because of its universal relevance. Ellen McDougall, Director of the Unicorn Theatre’s Greeks season has cel…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:35AM
Friday, April 27, 2012

Review: Gold Mountain by Amelia Forsbrook

Do you remember watching magicians as a child, witnessing their show with an air of irritation as you tried to calculate how they pulled off their little illusions? When watching the multime…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 10:17AM
Monday, April 16, 2012

Review: Black T-Shirt Collection by Amelia Forsbrook

There’s nothing plain about the clothing in writer and performer Inua Ellams’s bold piece, Black T-Shirt Collection. In telling the tale of Muhammed and Matthew, the trend-settin…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:21AM
Saturday, March 10, 2012

Review: Waiting For Godot by Amelia Forsbrook

Waiting for Godot is a pretty frustrating play – but it’s also one of the most engaging pieces ever made for stage. Estragon and Vladimir’s tedious dance of absurdity as they w…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:09AM
Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Review: 1984 by Amelia Forsbrook

From a projection on the backdrop, a blinking eye surveys us. Ingeniously positioned speakers fire instructions at the audience from every angle before music so heavy with bass it’s ba…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:28AM

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2023-2024 BROADWAY SEASON
May 30, 2023: Grey House - Lyceum Theatre
Jun 26, 2023: Just For Us - Hudson Theatre
Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
Nov 16, 2023: Spamalot - St. James Theatre
Dec 18, 2023: Appropriate - Hayes Theater
Mar 07, 2024: Doubt - Todd Haimes Theatre
Apr 14, 2024: Lempicka - Longacre Theatre
Apr 17, 2024: The Wiz - Marquis Theatre
Apr 18, 2024: Suffs - Music Box Theatre
Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
Jun 10, 2024: The Drama Desk Awards