Theatre 40 is on a roll. Each play they produce is funnier than the last, and their latest, The Play’s The Thing, is no exception. Cleverly directed by Melanie McQueen, the nearly 100–year old […]
I’ve been musing about Murray Mednick’s new play since I saw it. It is less a narrative and more of a meditation on holocausts, whether present or future, that reflects […]
Lucas Hnath’s A Doll’s House, Part 2 is a cheeky concept that dares to take itself seriously enough to honor its famous predecessor, while creating a potent and entirely fresh theatrical experience. […]
The Robey Theatre, headed by Ben Guillory, comes roaring back after the Covid-induced layover, with a meticulously researched and workshopped performance piece that tackles the biggest questions of our current […]
Perhaps you will not wonder, as I did, what the half-part of “Bright Half Life” meant in the context of Tanya Barfield’s play. Suffice it to say, I just had to […]
What constitutes good acting? Honesty? Authenticity? Realism? Charisma? The culture critic Isaac Butler explores these questions as well as past as prologue in his absorbing new book, The Method: How the Twentieth Century Learned to Act. In this […]
