Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Book by Hugh Wheeler
Directed by Bill Buckhurst
Barrow Street Theatre
June 9, 2018
Production website
💉💉💉 out of 5.

And I will take a pie with that!  Tonight I brought my group to the immersive production of Sweeney Todd, Demon Barber of Fleet Street at the Barrow Street Theatre.  I love the perspective of environmental theatre that puts the audience in the center of the equation; it is just to nice to be PART of the story.  We began with the quite good but quite small portioned pies that were served as a pre-show event to get you in the mood for the “real meat” pies that are served in the course of the story. It was fun.  It got you into the environment. Continue reading Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street →

Cyprus Avenue
Written by David Ireland
Directed by Vicky Featherstone
The Public Theatre
June 9, 2018
Production website
💉💉💉 out of 5.

The baby is going to die.  Don’t treat this as a spoiler to the play.  From the very first moment when the baby is handled a bit too objectively – –  you KNOW it doesn’t stand a chance – – – and for ninety terrible – beautiful and outrageously acted moments – we play out the inevitable tragedy.  What made this play a bit brutal from the start was how close it plays through mental illness, depression and even suicide.  Just days ago we lost Kate Spade and Andrew Bourdain.  The world has just become too dangerous, too private, and too painful to take personal tragedy this casually!  Continue reading Cyprus Avenue →