Lisa's Nightcap Ep. 16: Every Brilliant Thing
On Monday April 19, Lisa meets with the star and production team of "Every Brilliant Thing" as they prepare for the Segal Centre's first in-person production in over a year. Hang out with Di…
On Monday April 19, Lisa meets with the star and production team of "Every Brilliant Thing" as they prepare for the Segal Centre's first in-person production in over a year. Hang out with Di…
"Every Brilliant Thing," a play about clinical depression and expressions of hope during troubled times, had its run cut short at TheaterWorks due to coronavirus precautions but was speaking…
Besides taking special cleanliness precautions based on CDC guidelines, TheaterWorks is shrinking the audience size for each performance of its current production, "Every Brilliant Thing."
"Every Brilliant Thing," a celebrated one-person comedy about depression, is at TheaterWorks for just a dozen performances, March 12-22. The show, which involves considerable interaction wit…
The smash-hit of 2019 Every Brilliant Thing returns to Belvoir Street after a triumphant Belvoir debut and tour to Riverside Theatres, Parramatta. After selling every available seat this …
An "I" for an "I" and a list for a list.
Windy City Playhouse's production is a poignant showcase for Rebecca Spence. "#992: Knowing to jangle your keys while walking through the nature preserve so the …
Kelvin Roston Jr. and Alexander Strain shine in shows about depression.
"Give me one reason to stay here," crooned Tracy Chapman in 1995, "and I'll turn right back around." A few years earlier, a 7-year-old named Duncan MacMillan embraced the spirit of this lyri…
When Duncan Macmillan and Jonny Donahoe planned to tackle the subject of depression, they decided to avoid more familiar approaches: plays about self-destructive superstars who are too far r…
Reviewed By: Matthew Perta HIGHLY RECOMMENDED Theater that's therapeutic.  That's how I can best describe Every Brilliant [...] The post Scott Greer Delivers A One Man Tour-De-Force…
A refreshing approach to telling stories around mental health, life and the lengths we will go to for those we love, Belvoir presents Every Brilliant Thing starring Kate Mulvany for a limite…
The premise of Every Brilliant Thing might fool you into thinking that it's kin to a "very special" Lifetime Movie of the Week: a boy tries to ease the pain of his suicidal mother and his o…
As charming as the concept is, playwright Duncan Macmillan's focus on a list of brilliant things skirts over the nitty gritty of his own story, and having audience members read off cue cards…
Scott Greer shines in 'Every Brilliant Thing,' back at the Arden, but the play itself only skims the surface of a difficult topic. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Duncan Macmillan’s solo show will begin performances at the Arkansas theatre in January 2019.
TheatreSquared today announced that Liz Callaway-a veteran Broadway performer, Tonynominee and EmmyAward-winner-will take the stage in Northwest Arkansas forEvery Brilliant Thingin January 2…
Actor Ro Boddie admits to feeling "incredibly intimidated" by the challenges of his first one-man show. In Cygnet Theatre's "Every Brilliant Thing," he'll be tackling comedy, drama and impro…
Duncan Macmillan and Jonny Donahoe's play comes to SpeakEasy Stage.
Adrianne Krstansky, a marvelous actress, understandably exhibits signs of the strain of having to carry the entire production on her shoulders.
1. Ice cream 2. Water Fights This is the start of the list that the character of Duncan Macmillan and Johnny Donahoe's play “Every Brilliant Thing” makes for his suicidal mother.…
Madeline Joey Rose's "Mom Baby God" adds to D.C.'s solo shows.
The Narrator (Alexander Strain), stands on the top step of an aisle and says that he has three words for anyone in the audience who is contemplating suicide: his voice lowers to nearly a whi…
Five minutes into the start of Every Brilliant Thing, most of the audience had already cried for the first time – and had laughed aloud. By the end of the show, the entire room s…
A manipulative entertainment that sets out to confuse theater and therapy.