Review: ROOMING HO– USE at Lucky Plush Productions
Each member is not only a terrific dancer, but uses a perfect blend of their acting and movement talents to take the audience on a journey that is surprising and happily thought-provoking.
Review: THE BELLE OF AMHERST at Court Theatre
With a sensational performance by Kate Fry and wonderfully exuberant direction from Sean Graney, this BELLE OF AMHERST shows a delightful Emily Dickinson full of life, imagination, great joy, and phosphorescence.
Review: WISHIN’ CONTROL at The Comedy Clubhouse
WISHIN’ CONTROL shows how storytelling can carry the weight of a play without the bells & whistles of a major theater production.
Review: SHAKIN’ THE MESS OUT OF MISERY at Pegasus Theater
The cast of SHAKIN’ weaves an intricate tapestry of black femininity, creating multi-dimensional characters who exist, yet are rarely done justice onstage.
Review: YERMA — Theatre Y and Red Tape Theatre
The timing could not be more perfect for Gabriel García Lorca’s lyrical tale of a woman’s struggle to fulfill her destiny despite intense opposition from the most significant man in her life.
Review: 42ND STREET at Drury Lane
With screaming guitars and poignant diversity, Michael Heitzman has reinvented “42nd Street” with spectacular results.
Review: YASMINA’S NECKLACE at Goodman Theatre
For every “now more than ever” play, every revival that we resurrect to draw a parallel between systems of oppression, every narrative that shows women, the LGBT+ community, and people of color victimized and stripped of their agency, we need a YASMINA’S NECKLACE.
Review: WEDDING BAND at The Artistic Home
In the final quarter of the Artistic Home’s powerfully rendered production of Alice Childress’ “Wedding Band,” there’s a scene that’s as emotionally eviscerating as anything you’re apt to see onstage this year.
Review: IN THE NEXT ROOM, OR THE VIBRATOR PLAY at TimeLine Theatre Company
Video: Mr. Daldry (Joel Ewing), fearing his wife (Melissa Canciller) is not well due to her change in mood and ambition, brings her to Dr. Givings (Anish Jethmalani*) for diagnosis and treatment. Dr. Givings seems to know just what his wife is suffering from and may have just the treatment...
Review: DREAM FREAKS FALL FROM SPACE at Second City
“It seems like there’s just no way the majority of the sketches in “Dream Freaks” could be remotely funny. But they are funny, immensely so.”