38 stories by "Lauren Emily Whalen"
Director Dado is known throughout the city for her unconventional style. She's a perfect fit for Jen Silverman's postwar fable, where childhood impulses insert themselves into very adult iss…
This is one world-premiere that satisfyingly defies the odds. The powers that be behind this pre-Broadway tryout made a wise move in hiring bookwriter Robert Horn to adapt the hit Dustin Hof…
Lifeline Theatre's Frankenstein, a world premiere adapted by Robert Kauzlaric and directed by Paul S. Holmquist, boils down the war of human versus monster in a way that's deceptively simple…
Audiences may very well love Crime and Punishment. Shattered Globe's production of Chris Hannan's new adaptation boasts impeccable production values and fascinating movement design. However,…
With better direction and an improved script, Melanie Marnich's These Shining Lives could have been snappier and punchier in the beginning, slowly growing sadder and more poignant as injurie…
Bennett Fisher's new play Borealis has the type of premise " sci-fi adventure that's also a takedown of corporate culture " that will be either an epic success or an epic failure. Thankfully…
El Grande de Coca-Cola is 80 minutes of awkward, hilarious glory, with a cast as adept at physical comedy as they are at fast-paced banter, operatic vocal stylings and giving the audience th…
A Shayna Maidel is a story of the Holocaust, immigration and survival, but most of all it's a story of sisters. Rose (Bri Sudia) and Lusia (Emily Berman) have lived incredibly different live…
The climactic moment of Tres Bandidos is tense and anxiety-inducing. A major secret has just been revealed. There's more than one gun. It's very, very likely that at least one of the three c…
The anarchists profiled in Underscore Theatre's smash hit Haymarket were hardworking immigrants, who just wanted a fair wage and time to call their own. As a folk-musical concept album or co…
Clearly, Avenue Q is making money for Mercury Theater, especially as it's now been extended by over 3 months. And of course a theater company must consider what will draw audiences. As a pro…
Pride Films and Plays' stellar production of Holding the Man by Tommy Murphy chronicles a forbidden teenage romance that became a life partnership cut short, calling back to a time when life…
If nothing else, Hurricane Damage is an alternative to the Dead Gay Narrative. It's a survivors' story - longtime partners Oscar and Dennis have been together for decades, and have seen coun…
