The Beacon Written by Nancy Harris Directed by Marc Atkinson Borrull Irish Repertory Theater October 20, 2024 Production website 💉💉 out of 5.
The Beacon tells (in a most uninteresting, jumbled way) the story of Bev (Kate Mulgrew) a famed painter of abstract art welcoming her son Colm back to the family cottage with his new American bride just has Bev has embarked on a full-scale renovation replacing most of her walls with glass in an odd desire to seek more privacy. Enter an old family friend and home renovator, Donal who shares a secret (but not that scandalous) past with her son to be followed by a late inclusion of a local true crime podcaster interested in the death of Bev’s ex-husband and what do you get? – We don’t get much.
Our Class Written by Tadeusz Slobodzianek Directed by Igor Golyak Adaptation by Norman Allen Classic Stage Company October 13, 2024 Production website 💉💉💉💉💉 out of 5.
This was a truly masterful piece of theatre and one of the best I have seen this year! It was a true story of the stage and used the experience of being on the stage with a live audience to the fullest. 1,600 Jews were massacred in the small Polish town of Jedwabne in the summer of 1941. Such is the starting-point for this play by Tadeusz Slobodzianek which follows recent research by attributing the slaughter not to the occupying Nazis but to the local community.
Cellino v. Barnes Written by Mike B. Breen & David Rafailades Directed by Wesley Taylor & Alex Wyse AsylumNYC Theater October 10, 2024 Production website 💉💉💉💉 out of 5.
Anyone who has spent any time walking the streets of New York, looking at billboards or the sides of busses – but especially listening to TV and the radio has heard the ubiquitous, simple jingle of “Cellino and Barnes, Injury Attorneys, 1-800-888-8888.” It was EVERYWHERE!” When the firm fell apart in 2019, followed shortly after by the death of Barnes in a small-plane crash, it became a tale of machismo, hubris, and lawyers where were doing a few to many shady things on the side.
N/A Written by Mario Correa Directed by Diane Paulus Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater at Lincoln Center Theater June 15, 2024 Production website 💉💉 out of 5.
N/A is a two woman play between N (a quite obvious Nancy Pelosi – right down to the look, clothes and hairstyle) and A (a near look-alike for Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. The two women meet on stage shortly after A has won the election to join the House of Representatives and makes her introduction to N. The playwright, Mario Correa, who actually served as a Congressional aide prior to writing this play, sets out to tell the story of the person whom many consider the most powerful woman in American history – and the “once-in-a-generation political talent who defied her.”
The Fires written and directed by Raja Feather Kelly Soho Repertory Theatre June 13, 2024 Production website 💉 out of 5.
The story focuses on 3 black men who live in the same claustrophobic “shotgun apartment” (a very shallow apartment that spans the entire width of the stage). The time happens over three different decades- but rather than tell the stories in different acts the stories overlap and brush up against each other. The principal character, Jay, owns the apartment and shares it with his lover, Jay. This relationship and story is set in 1974 as Jay struggles with mental illness and fills mountains of journals with stories of love and other obtuse family matters.
