Saturday, March 14, 2020
Frankenstein Reviewed by Vanessa Cate Four Larks Closed RECOMMENDED “I saw the pale student of unhallowed arts kneeling beside the thing he had put together. I saw the hideous phantas…
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punkplay Reviewed by Vanessa Cate Circle X Theatre Co. Through December 21 RECOMMENDED For anyone who grew up as an outsider, Gregory S. Moss’s punkplay packs the sweetness of nostalg…
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Mono/Poly Reviewed by Vanessa Cate Tubeman Productions Through November 10th RECOMMENDED Love and sex are complicated, and although they are a necessary part of our human existence, not…
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Dr. Rocket’s Twilight Carnival Reviewed by Vanessa Cate Nocturnal Fandango ClosedRECOMMENDED It’s midnight. I pull up to a series of worn buildings and homes on a dark street in the …
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The Last Five Years Reviewed by Vanessa Cate After Hours Theatre Company Through July 14 Jason Robert Brown’s 2001 The Last Five Years is a musical lamentation of a failed relationsh…
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Magic as Medium Reviewed by Katie Buenneke Underground Annex Through June 28 RECOMMENDED Almost every time he does a trick, magician Siegfried Tieber seems as delighted and surprised as…
SOURCE: stageraw.com at 02:11PMThe Narcissist Next Door Reviewed by Stephen Fife Table of Fun Productions Through June 2 If you’ve ever wondered why sitcoms are only 30 minutes rather than an hour or longer, then dr…
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DOUBLE FALSEHOOD Reviewed by Stephen Fife The Porters of Hellsgate Through June 16 William Shakespeare is the greatest playwright in the English language. Right?It’s hard to argue with…
SOURCE: stageraw.com at 05:21PMLear/Loman Reviewed by Terry Morgan 2Cents Theatre Group Through June 30 It begins with mad old King Lear (Leon Russom) standing on a table and raging against yet more “cataracts and h…
SOURCE: stageraw.com at 04:44PMThe Book of Briarshire Reviewed by Terry Morgan Good Shows Through June 30 In a medieval kingdom, young warrior Ylva (Kelly Moore) has been tasked by the King (Celeste Pechous) to slay a…
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The Glass Menagerie Reviewed by Vanessa Cate A Noise Within Through April 26 It’s the 1930s in St. Louis, and Tom Wingfield is suffocating. Figuratively. In an apartment building wr…
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The Importance of Being Earnest Reviewed by Vanessa Cate Crown City Theatre Through March 31 Crown City Theatre tackles Oscar Wilde, and the poor guy is left standing, though not after b…
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Too Heavy for your Pocket Reviewed by Vanessa Cate Sacred Fools Theater Company Through March 2 Jiréh Breon Holder’s kitchen-sink drama spotlights the lives of two African-American co…
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Welcome to Illyria! Reviewed by Angie Hoover The Four Clowns Theater Company Through December 16 RECOMMENDED Welcome To Illyria is a joyful, interactive imagining of Shakespeare’s The…
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Gray People Reviewed by Lovell Estell III Force of Nature Productions Through November 18 RECOMMENDED In his well touted 2018 Fringe Festival Play Wounded, playwright Kerry Kazmierowicz…
SOURCE: stageraw.com at 05:17PMThe Animal Monologues Reviewed by Dana Martin Bootleg Theater Through November 18th Lemmings and mountain lions and rescue dogs — oh my! The Animal Monologues is a one-woman show w…
SOURCE: stageraw.com at 05:06PMDesert Rats Reviewed by Julia Stier Latino Theatre Company Through November 18 “She is a transaction, not a human being.”In Nate Rufus Edelman’s new play Desert Rats — premiering…
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The Woman Who Went To Space As A Man Reviewed by Paul Birchall Son of Semele Ensemble Through November 18 There’s nothing like a literary trickster. Before Google, a writer could ge…
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Journey This Reviewed by Dana Martin Lounge Theatre Though November 11th RECOMMENDEDCheray O’Neal is destroying the notion that stoic women rarely weep. In her one-person Journey T…
SOURCE: stageraw.com at 12:53PMWinter Solstice Reviewed by Katie Buenneke City Garage Theatre Through November 25 It is abundantly clear that Roland Schimmelpfenig, the playwright of Winter Solstice, currently makin…
SOURCE: stageraw.com at 10:23AMThe Little Foxes Reviewed by Iris Mann Antaeus Theatre Company Through December 10 RECOMMENDED They just don’t write them like this anymore. Lillian Hellman’s The Little Foxes run…
SOURCE: stageraw.com at 10:13AMVietgone Reviewed by Terry Morgan East West Players Through November 18 RECOMMENDED Translating personal experiences or family history into theatre can be a tricky proposition. On the on…
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A Picture of Dorian Gray Reviewed by Vanessa Cate A Noise Within Through November 16 RECOMMENDED “The artist is the creator of beautiful things. To reveal art and conceal the artist…
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Bacchae Reviewed by Vanessa Cate SITI Company Through September 29 Dionysus has to be one of the coolest gods out there, especially for theatre die-hards. As the only surviving play th…
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Cry It Out Reviewed by Terry Morgan Echo Theater Company Through August 19 RECOMMENDED Caring for an infant is an important part of life, yet its difficulties are rarely depicted in…
SOURCE: stageraw.com at 05:15PMTheir Finest Hour: Churchill and Murrow Reviewed by Lara J. Altunian Write Act Repertory Through July 22 Perhaps one of the best known historical figures of the 20th century, Winston Chu…
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A Midsummer Night's Dream Reviewed by Gray Palmer Independent Shakespeare Company Through September 2 Though many fine qualities of Independent Shakespeare Company's approach are evident…
SOURCE: stageraw.com at 10:06PMOur Very Own Carlin McCullough Reviewed by Lara J. Altunian The Geffen Playhouse Through July 29 RECOMMENDED Growing pains are the main theme of Amanda Peet’s Our Very Own Carlin McCu…
SOURCE: stageraw.com at 09:29PMTuesday, July 10, 2018
Pump Boys and Dinettes Reviewed by Julia Stier Sierra Madre Playhouse Through July 29 The Sierra Madre Playhouse is serving up a slice of life on Highway 57 with Pump Boys and Dinettes.…
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