Review: PILLARS OF THE COMMUNITY at Strawdog

Review: PILLARS OF THE COMMUNITY at Strawdog

While Strawdog’s PILLARS OF THE COMMUNITY would benefit from more connection and complex choices, just as he hoped at over a century ago, the story of Ibsen’s play remains more than appropriate to the present day.

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Review: WELCOME TO JESUS at American Theater Company

Review: WELCOME TO JESUS at American Theater Company

With the recent controversy surrounding football players kneeling for the national anthem, one particular counterargument has emerged.

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Review: THE NIGHT SEASON at Strawdog Theatre Company

Review: THE NIGHT SEASON at Strawdog Theatre Company

Green’s ardent production is equal parts visceral and vulnerable, and proves that truthful, messy, human theater is female.

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With DIAMOND DOGS, The House Theatre Levels Up to a New “Planetary Level” of Awesome

With DIAMOND DOGS, The House Theatre Levels Up to a New “Planetary Level” of Awesome

I love science fiction because the most common of human emotions resonate more deeply when taken out of the realm of “everyday life.” Unrequited love has a much more profound impact when your lover is about to be frozen in carbonite, and greedy villains always seem way more sinister when their selfish whims hinge on the destruction of a planet.

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