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Written by Dion Boucicault
Directed by Charlotte Moore
Irish Repertory Theatre
December 28, 2019 Production website
💉💉 out of 5.
You walk into the Irish Repertory Theatre and are greeted by the sweetest little postage stamp of a set.Taking no more than 20’ in circumference, the stage is a revolve that features a simple door in the middle with a few pieces of attractive furniture flanking it.With just a rotation or two, we are taken to all of the necessary exterior and interior locations with ease. Continue reading London Assurance→
#DateMe An OkCupid Experiment
Created by Robyn Lynne Norris
Written by Robyn Lynne Norris, Bob Ladewig, and Frank Caeti
Directed and Choreographed by Lorin Latarro
Westside Theatre
June 30, 2019 Production website
💉💉 out of 5.
I love experimenting in theatre – and I love the idea that the ever present cell phone, might, in some way to be tamed and become a help to theatre rather then its arch nemesis!Date Me is such an experiment.It is really much more of a comedy improvisation than a play.When you first enter the theatre you are directed to take out your cell phone and create a mock entry on a dating site just for that performance’s audience.It is those pictures and those “dating preferences” that become the basis for the improvisations and the fun of the evening. Continue reading #DateMe An OkCupid Experiment→
Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow
Written by Halley Feiffer
Directed by Trip Cullman
The Robert W. Wilson MCC Theatre Space
June 29, 2019 Production website
💉💉 out of 5.
This play just didn’t meet its audience.I have to say that it is the first play that I have been to in NYC in which 1/5 of the audience just left at intermission. The premise of the show was really fun.Imagine the energy of a Chris Durange and the naughtiness of a Joe Orton tackling Chekov’s Three Sisters.Sounds fun!Continue reading Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow→
Long Lost
Written by Donald Margulies
Directed by Daniel Sullivan
Manhattan Theatre Club
June 19, 2019 Production website
💉💉 out of 5.
I so felt like I was in a theatre, watching acting, experiencing a play and sitting next to a most aging audience – and that ain’t good folks. I was never transported away. It looked like a play, moved like a play, and made me question my love of plays. Continue reading Long Lost→
To Kill a Mockingbird
Written by Aaron Sorkin
Directed by Bartlett Sher
Sam S. Shubert Theatre
June 11, 2019 Production website
💉💉 out of 5.
I am not sure why I went to the theatre to experience this story.It was such a warm, wonderful read, but such a flat, lifeless play.Why did they need to use the stage for this?Isn’t the book enough? I really don’t think that this show would have made any sense to someone who hadn’t read the book (which, gratefully, I am sure is not many).I know it must be difficult to condense something so rich to the stage – but as I said before – then why would you? Continue reading To Kill a Mockingbird→
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