REVIEW: The Eccentricities of a Nightingale is a Brilliant Cabinet of Curiosities
An odd play in an idiosyncratic production. But when Tina Brock is onstage, the world is lit by lightning.
REVIEW: Do You Want a Cookie? Lingers Too Long at the Dessert Table
The Bearded Ladies’ show can be seen as a microcosm of the best and worst of Fringe.
REVIEW: In Lay Me Down Softly, There’s No Knockout
Some fine acting enlivens Irish Heritage Theatre’s production, but the show is punching above its weight.
REVIEW: PSF’s All’s Well That Ends Well is the Comfortable Side of Extreme
In positive and negative ways, this bold production idea proves surprisingly smooth sailing.
REVIEW: In Titus Andronicus, the Son Will Come Out, Tamora
Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey’s energetic production makes a good case for the play without solving all its problems.
REVIEW: At the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, the Poetic Richard II is made Prosaic
The crown may be hollow, but here it seems weightless.
REVIEW: In His Girl Friday at Hedgerow, Screwball Comedy That’s Trying Too Hard
Summon the ghosts of Rosalind Russell and Cary Grant at your peril.
REVIEW: Disney’s Aladdin at the Academy of Music—A Magic Carpet Ride with an Unscheduled Stop
This hugely energetic show favors spectacle over characters, but the audience doesn’t seem to mind.
The Sun Shines Nellie (Review of Taylor Mac, Part II at PIFA, for Parterre Box)
Warmth, humor, and joyful out-and-proud-ness dominate the mood, yet there is considerable darkness in Mac’s view of both past and present.
REVIEW: The Fever at PIFA is a 75-Minute Icebreaker-from-Hell
600 Highwaymen’s non-play was an endurance test—how long could I stay in a theater without screaming?
