Ed Asner Cuts Loose in “A Man and His Prostate”
Ed Asner has won seven Primetime Emmy Awards ‑ more than any other male actor ‑ and five Golden Globes. To some, he is best known as the...
top of page
Search
Alex Miller
- Nov 9, 2019
“Blindsided” by Brilliance
Life comes at you fast, and sometimes blindsiding is the only way to describe when it hits you, like a subscription to “Bad News Daily.”...
2 views0 comments
Danielle Crean
- Nov 9, 2019
“I Found That the Sun Will Rise Tomorrow” is a Brave Emotional Rollercoaster
Anna Snapp’s 65‑minute show was one of the bravest pieces of performance art that I have seen in a long time. She takes her audience on...
3 views0 comments
Emily Twines
- Nov 9, 2019
The Resiliency of Hope in “So Shines a Good Deed”
“So Shines a Good Deed,” a storytelling performance by Mark Redmond, offers a glimmer of hope in a contemporary world often resigned to...
0 views0 comments
Leia Squillace
- Nov 9, 2019
“In Order to Sleep Peacefully” Debates Assassination
From the jump, Patric Madden and Roxane Revon’s adaptation of the nineteenth‑century drama, “Lorenzaccio,” screams that it has something...
1 view0 comments
Emily Twines
- Nov 8, 2019
“What It Means to Be Free”: An Exploration through Verbatim Theatre
“What It Means to Be Free,” created and performed by Willow Lautenberg at United Solo, is a piece of documentary theatre that takes a...
0 views0 comments
Cynthia Darling
- Nov 8, 2019
“Milkdrunk”: Spoken-Word Dance Prose Poem of Motherhood
Cathleen O’Malley’s “Milkdrunk” is a forthright examination of giving birth and becoming a new mother. No passive presentation, this is a...
10 views0 comments
Allyce Morrissey
- Nov 7, 2019
“I Found that the Sun Will Rise Tomorrow” is An Ode to Resilience
“I Found that the Sun Will Rise Tomorrow” is an exploration of autoimmune disease and chronic illness, of depression and disordered...
1 view0 comments
Danielle Crean
- Nov 7, 2019
“Elizabeth I- In Her Own Words” is a Lovely Tale
Tamara Meneghini must have been put on this earth to portray the famous Queen Elizabeth, for her performance as the bold queen was...
2 views0 comments
Alex Miller
- Nov 7, 2019
There’s Something Sour About “Warm Cheese”
By Alex Miller Our lives are a series of memories, rituals, items, and the memories of other people. For Teresa Thome, her mother’s...
0 views0 comments
Alex Miller
- Nov 7, 2019
“Spiral” Proves There is Beauty Near the Vortex
What’s in a name? Hotness, apparently. If you’re questioning that premise, so is our protagonist after a hot man at a club says he...
1 view0 comments
Danielle Crean
- Nov 7, 2019
“Step Mama Drama” Explores the Challenges of Step-Parenthood
In “Step Mama Drama,” Allison Hetzel shares stories about step‑motherhood, and the strange comments she’s had to endure over the years....
3 views0 comments
Leia Squillace
- Nov 7, 2019
“Monkey Man”: Parsing Out a Story of Schizophrenia
Dana Block’s storytelling venture, “Monkey Man,” unfolds the origami of her personal relationship with her brother, and her loss of that...
0 views0 comments
Cynthia Darling
- Nov 7, 2019
Finding Her Peter Pan in “Wasbian”
From the moment Susan Ward appears onstage in “Wasbian,” it’s impossible not to dive right in to her colorful writing and bold acting....
20 views0 comments
Molly Shimko
- Nov 6, 2019
“Lemons,” an Exploration of Living with Lupus
In “Lemons,” Rebecca Gever explores her mother’s relationship to lupus, and this is where the piece most shines. “Lemons”’ greatest...
5 views0 comments
James Bartholomew
- Nov 6, 2019
“Geli and Uncle Alf” Gives a Voice to the Forgotten, But What Does It Have to Say?
Geli Raubal is in love with a certain someone. He’s authoritative and powerful, yet gentle and kind. A cultured opera buff with an...
1 view0 comments
Allyce Morrissey
- Nov 6, 2019
Endings and Beginnings in “Has Anybody Seen Debbie?”
She calls her 90‑minute one‑woman show a “traum‑edy.” And she knows, before you remind her, that “people hate one‑woman shows.” “Has...
1 view0 comments
Alex Miller
- Nov 6, 2019
The Magician Returns in “Houdini”
If you haven’t heard of Harry Houdini, you must have been born yesterday. The illusionist, stuntman, and escapist influenced every...
29 views0 comments
Alex Miller
- Nov 5, 2019
More Than Just a “Figurehead”
A figurehead, the literal object, is a wooden decoration at the bow of a ship, often depicted in films and other media as a bare‑chested...
5 views0 comments
Danielle Crean
- Nov 5, 2019
“Life Encounters 2” Makes You Emotional. . . and Want Chinese Food
“Life Encounters 2” is a raw and emotional roller coaster ride from start to finish. The 45‑minute show, written and performed by...
0 views0 comments
bottom of page