Criticism

REPOST: Anthony Lawton’s A Christmas Carol Is This Year’s Holiday Must-See

Don’t miss this superb show, which returns for a run this December!

The great Amanda Schoonover makes the ordinary extraordinary.

It’s not difficult to make an audience weep. But artists have a responsibility to not overuse that power.

The Berta (mezzo-soprano Emily Damasco) runs away with the show.

Seen here, this dated piece of earnest but intolerant realism seems almost a parody of itself.

After seven decades in show business, the legendary actress and comedienne still knows her way around a joke.

Tina Fey’s satire of high school cliquishness ages uncomfortably into the social media era.

Taking a Facebook game to the next level, I’m sharing some quirky but heartfelt choices.

The production is a mixed bag, but it shows the high vocal standard of AVA’s current artists.

Marina Carr’s gorgeous play both honors the great Irish tradition, and boldly breaks new ground.