“Of the Woman…”: A Review
Lily Houghton’s new play “Of the woman came the beginning of sin and through her we all die” starts strong with a promising premise and a talented cast.… Read More »“Of the Woman…”: A Review
Painting the Roses Black: A Playdate Review of “Painted Alice”
Tortured artists are an insufferable bunch. As partners they tend to drag you down with them. As characters, though, they can be lots of fun… Read More »Painting the Roses Black: A Playdate Review of “Painted Alice”
“Terra Firma”: A Platform at the End of the World
Micronations hold a perennial fascination for students of the human condition. On the one hand, they seem to offer a ready model of the commonwealth… Read More »“Terra Firma”: A Platform at the End of the World
Why?
The product of over six decades of fruitful collaboration, Why? by legendary English director Peter Brook and French playwright Marie-Hélène Estienne is many things: a… Read More »Why?
Theatrical Investigations: A Review of ‘Ludwig and Bertie’
‘Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent.’ A famously pregnant quote that, like much of Wittgenstein, defies easy interpretation, idiomatic translation. Though perhaps… Read More »Theatrical Investigations: A Review of ‘Ludwig and Bertie’
Looking Through a Glass Onion: A Review of “This Is Why We Live”
A Nobel laureate, a cellist, two actors, three languages—it sounds like a list from one of Polish poet Wisława Szymborska’s lyrical flights of irony. On… Read More »Looking Through a Glass Onion: A Review of “This Is Why We Live”
Two Critics, Three Opinions: A Review of “The Talmud”
A genre-bending show combining Kung Fu and the Talmud by a company called Meta-Phys Ed? Max and Kirill wanted in, even if it meant schlepping… Read More »Two Critics, Three Opinions: A Review of “The Talmud”
A Coney Island of the Mind: Strindberg’s “The Father”
There’s a passage in August Strindberg’s autobiographical novel Inferno where the playwright, with a madman’s talent for connecting random dots, builds a vast conspiracy out… Read More »A Coney Island of the Mind: Strindberg’s “The Father”
“At Black Lake” Speaks, But What Is It Saying?
Metal foil lines a bare stage, a black mirror warping the bodies of two barefoot couples in mourning. Two chairs, two milk crates rearrange themselves… Read More »“At Black Lake” Speaks, But What Is It Saying?
The Threepenny Flute, or Kirill Drags Max to the Opera
When word reached Kirill that a production of his favorite opera “The Magic Flute” was touring from his native Berlin, he somehow convinced fellow Berliner… Read More »The Threepenny Flute, or Kirill Drags Max to the Opera