136 stories by "Fred Sokol"
Thought of as an out-and-out farce and famous, perhaps, through the Marx Brothers movie, the current production strikes me as more thoughtful than outrageously funny.
The physical affects linger, might become preludes for nightmares for those attending. That said, Hartford Stage's realization of this Scottish Play, exciting and enduring, is memorable.
It is a British murder mystery but is it really? The first act seems almost humdrum if quite humorous for a while and, true confession: I am unable to speak of the final hour.
Hartford Stage begins its season with a transfixing rendering of Marivaux's La Dispute, which continues through November 10th.
Once again, playwright Mark St. Germain brings an imagined and compelling conversation, this time between F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway, to this inviting space.
The Beauty Queen of Leenane is such a heart-wrenching, difficult play; all credit, then, to a quartet of actors who manage, at times, to find rays of humanity within Shakespeare & Company's …
Oblivion has staying power. Parents and a mid-teen daughter in conflict? The subject matter is, to say the least, recognizable. This telling and showing, though, is brisk and welcome.
Barrington Stage Company Musical Theatre Lab's beautiful and provocative production of Southern Comfort is performed with care, precision, and musical dexterity.
Corinna May (as Doris) and her real-life husband David Adkins (George) provide most professional and commendable performances.
"None But the Lonely Heart: The Strange Story of Tchaikovsky and Madame von Meck," is a lovely presentation which integrates chamber music, theater and dance.
The piercing opening scene of an indelible production of Extremities, at The Unicorn in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, as part of Berkshire Theatre Group's current season, is singularly shockin…
Understatement: Tom Stoppard's "Hapgood," on Williamstown Theatre Festival's Nikos Stage through July 21st, is not all that easy to follow—especially during its first hour.
ritten by Steven Sater and featuring music by Duncan Sheik, the team which brought the world Tony Award winning Spring Awakening, this is a work which is still evolving. It is contemporary, …
Written by Gerald Sibleyras and translated by Tom Stoppard, the play features three of the company's seasoned actors. Jonathan Epstein is Gustave, Malcolm Ingram plays Philippe, and Robert L…
Building to a number of crescendo moments during its one hour and twenty minute transfixing performance by actor Juri Henley-Cohn, the provocative, thoughtful drama offers many plot and them…
Eric Ting directs a superb ensemble of actors in a new production which continues at New Haven's Long Wharf Theatre through June 2nd.
The play is clever and tart—a satire on white Anglo Saxon Protestant society. Gurney is a Connecticut resident who writes about people who might very well be living in or near Westport.
Stefanie Powers sits so sublimely within Tallulah Bankhead's persona that, at times, she actually seems to be Bankhead. Such is the quality of star performance within Looped, at the Bushnell…
Set in 1927 and boasting music and lyrics by Ray Henderson, B.G. DeSylva and Lew Brown, the production showcases this landmark theater as it begins its 50th anniversary season. It continues …
The Mountaintop, continuing at Hartford's TheaterWorks through May 5th, clicks early on and maintains its spirited hold throughout hte 95-minute performance.
A story of women who are hoping for love and wondering about life's potential, the plot draws rapid focus on abrasive realities of the time. Henley has chosen the final forty years or so of …
The world premiere staging of two Anton Chekhov short stories is adapted and directed by Annie-B Parson and Paul Lazar of Big Dance Theater.
A two person piece written by Marie Jones in 1996, it features exceptionally versatile actors Fred Arsenault and Euan Morton, each of whom succeeds with many roles.
Almost, Maine, in performance at Hartford's TheaterWorks through March 3rd, is: lyrical, lively—what a sweet Valentine's Day gift.
By mixing vocal music with storytelling, the director and his actors quickly befriend a welcoming audience.
