37 stories by "Steve Hallex"
If you are seeking a nuts-and-bolts review of KJ Sanchez and Emily Ackerman's ReEntry, you need to look elsewhere. I can't provide that; this is simply a play that resists that kind of a…
Plays the devil made them write There was once a kid who lived in Cottage City, Maryland. In 1949, in fact. Research says the boy"Ronnie Hunkeler"was very "off." A loner with cla…
The "star" of one of the most popular plays this season only appears on the stage for a few minutes, has no lines of dialogue, and doesn’t take questions from the press. Worse stil…
Some of you have lost loved ones to a disease that took its sweet time to do its destruction. I will not ask you to remember what that felt like. You recalled it all, just because I …
Be patient, readers. There is a review in your future, but first"a history lesson. Lithuania is a relatively small (about 3 million people) country on the Baltic Sea, bordering both …
It seems there are three simple rules to staging Shakespeare successfully. One: put the play in a modern setting, like, say, a dive bar in Anytown, country unknown. Second, inject as…
Perhaps the philandering professor is a dramatic cliché. Perhaps a professor who is angst-ridden and self-absorbed is just as much a dramatic cliché. And perhaps, just perhaps, the…
Playwright/ director Lauren Rhodes Cooper was so nice to those who attended the August 18th dress rehearsal of roughdraftofmylife. At the conclusion of her one hour-plus drama, the DC na…
When you are at Rock of Ages, the question is out: are you ready to rock? Well, you'd better be: you are expected to. Rock of Ages (Photo: Joan Marcus) From the moment you pass through the t…
At 5:45, Kimleigh Smith walks onto the stage at a decaying storefront known as the Apothecary. She is a stranger to most of us. When she takes her bow an hour later, the Los Angeles acto…
Every junky knows that the first thing that happens when you stick a needle into your arm"before any narcotic reaches your veins"you give up a drop of blood. It floats in the syringe lik…
A theatrical producer wears more than just one hat. Yes, he is a financier, but he is not merely the stage world's equivalent to an investment banker. He is also"at times"a critic, a midwife…
