A Guide for the Homesick Written by Ken Urban Directed by Shira Milikowsky DR2 Theatre December 21, 2024 Production website πππ out of 5.
The play is set in a simple hotel room near the airport in Amsterdam. Jeremy, a gay man white man meets Teddy a gay black man in a bar. In that Jeremy has a few hours to kill before he catches his flight back to America, Teddy asks him back to his room. Easy hookup – right? Pretty predictable right? But thatβs where the story just begins to take on a new twist and becomes about much more than just a tryst. Harvard grad Jeremy has been in Uganda working for the past year as a medical assistant, and now heβs headed home to Boston. Teddy, misinterprets the situation and makes a pass. Naturally, closeted Jeremy freaks out β
The Beacon Written by Nancy Harris Directed by Marc Atkinson Borrull Irish Repertory Theater October 20, 2024 Production website ππ 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.Β Β 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 Bevβs ex-husband and what do you get? β We donβt get much.Β Β
“Oh, Mary” Written by Cole Escola Directed by Sam Pinkerton Lyceum Theatre October 15, 2024 Production website πππ out of 5.
Essentially, the premise of the play is, βWhat if Mary Todd Lincoln was an absolute c***?Β Β Thatβs the premise and the tone of the play.Β Β It puts Mary as a Real Housewife, repressed cabaret singer trying to get validation and support from her presidential husband β and although her machinations lead to him being shot in that infamous theatre box seat scene β it does return her to the god-awful cabaret world she longs for . .
Our Class Written by Tadeusz Slobodzianek Directed by Igor Golyak Adaptation by Norman Allen Classic Stage Company October 13, 2024 Production website πππππ out of 5.
This was a truly masterful piece of theatre and one of the best I have seen this year!Β Β It was a true story of the stage and used the experience of being on the stage with a live audience to the fullest.Β Β 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.Β Β
Cellino v. Barnes Written by Mike B. Breen & David Rafailades Directed by Wesley Taylor & Alex Wyse AsylumNYC Theater October 10, 2024 Production website ππππ out of 5.
Anyone who has spent any time walking the streets of New York, looking at billboards or the sides of busses β but especially listening to TV and the radio has heard the ubiquitous, simple jingle of βCellino and Barnes, Injury Attorneys, 1-800-888-8888.βΒ Β It was EVERYWHERE!βΒ Β 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.Β