Eclipsed
starring Lupita Nyong’o
written by Danai Gurira
directed by Liesl Tommy
Golden Theatre
June 18, 2016 Production website
💉💉💉 out of 5.
It is hard to believe that a play created as a female-driven drama about sex slavery and genocide could make to the same Broadway that features Dirty Rotten Scoundrels across the street and School of Rock a few blocks away. Much of this success is due to the debut of Academy Award winning Lupita Wyong’o who has stepped away from her Lancome cosmetic ads to tell this story of 5 women trapped in a Nigerian camp where they survive by selling their bodies. What a transition this young actress has made! Continue reading Eclipsed→
The Sandbox by Edward Albee Drowning
by Maria Irene Fornes Funnyhouse of a Negro
by Adrienne Kennedy
Lila Neugebauer
Signature Theatre
June 16, 2016 Production website
💉💉 out of 5.
Never in history have these three particular one acts been grouped together in one evening’s work. Of course, the reason they were pasted together is to mark the 25th anniversary of the Signature Theatre. Each of these one acts were produced by Signature Theatre during their playwright’s original residency. Continue reading Signature Plays: The Sandbox, Drowning, & Funny House of a Negro→
I am back to work and already feeling the pangs of NYC theatre withdrawal. Now, for a few weeks, all I can do is to sniff the ink off of my Playbills and try to recapture the buzz. It really doesn’t work, but try I will. Continue reading Damn Right – I’m the Best!→
Red Speedo
written by Lucas Hnath
directed by Lileana Blain-Cruz
The New York Theatre Workshop
March 26, 2016 Production website
💉💉💉💉💉 out of 5
How truly wonderful to end my Spring Break extravaganza of seven shows with the very best one of the group: Red Speedo. I did not know much going into the show except that it was written by Lucan Hnath who wrote my last 💉💉💉💉💉 show, The Christians. I loved that play, and I loved this play, I am officially a fan! Continue reading Red Speedo→
An Intimate Evening with Typhoid Mary
written by Carl Holder
directed by Knud Adams
New Ohio Theatre
March 25, 2016 Production website
NO 💉 out of 5. ☠ TOTAL POISON
My god almighty, what the hell did I just see? When I was a tyro to the world of theatre I was fascinated by the Off Off Off Off Broadway plays pasted together by good intentions and a dollar fifty. I loved to see the raw, exposed work of those obviously unseasoned actors working in warehouses, cafeterias, pubs and even elevators. “THIS is theatre, I thought.” But truly what the hell happened at 4pm on a Saturday afternoon?!? Continue reading An Intimate Evening with Typhoid Mary→
Eclipsed
