298 stories by "Vanessa Cate"
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…
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…
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 exis…
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 …
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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 re…
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 su…
The 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, t…
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 argu…
Lear/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…
The 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) t…
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 b…
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…
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-Ameri…
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 Shakespea…
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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 Ka…
The 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-woma…
Desert 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…
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 co…
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 J…
Winter Solstice Reviewed by Katie Buenneke City Garage Theatre Through November 25 It is abundantly clear that Roland Schimmelpfenig, the playwright of Winter Solstice, current…
The 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 Fox…
Vietgone Reviewed by Terry Morgan East West Players Through November 18 RECOMMENDED Translating personal experiences or family history into theatre can be a tricky proposition. O…
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 …
