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Monday, October 1, 2018

Cleveland Play House’s ‘Woman in Black’ less than it could be by Alan Smason

By ROY BERKO Susan Hill, author of the book “The Woman in Black,” the source of the play of the same name now being staged at the Cleveland Play House (CPH), relates: “The Suffolk coas…

SOURCE: Theatre Criticsm at 03:43PM

God admits he’s imperfect in hysterically funny ‘An Act of God’ at Beck by Alan Smason

By ROY BERKO God, or a facsimile thereof, in the form of Mike Polk Jr., who in his other life is a local comedian and Fox 8 personality, is appearing on the Beck Center for the Arts stage, i…

SOURCE: Theatre Criticsm at 11:48AM

Friday, September 21, 2018

Geva Theatre revives ‘Hair’ in Rochester by Alan Smason

By HERBERT SIMPSON I wondered how the old love-rock musical would play these days for an audience of younger folk unfamiliar with Hippie rebellion, flower children, 60s rock music, and a m…

SOURCE: Theatre Criticsm at 09:08AM

Monday, September 10, 2018

Power’s ‘Seize the King’ is an ambitious reinterpretation of ‘Richard III’ by Alan Smason

By JACK LYONS Ambition supposedly killed Caesar, according to Brutus. However, it also became a two-edged sword that cut both ways. Literature is bursting with characters who are infected wi…

SOURCE: Theatre Criticsm at 02:54AM

Saturday, February 17, 2018

Epic Antarctic-set drama gives Portland, Oregon a theatrical adventure by Alan Smason

By LOU HARRY A tip of the (ice) cap to Portland, Oregon’s Artists Repertory Theatre, which has given E.M Lewis’ epic play “Magellanica” a worthy production, even if its cracks show. …

SOURCE: Theatre Criticsm at 02:22AM

Friday, July 28, 2017

Sonoma Arts Live finishing fine ‘Gypsy’ by Alan Smason

By HARRY DUKE Musicals are the bread and butter of community theatre. They’re usually crowd pleasers and, with their large casts, can bank on a crowd of family and friends to fill a good p…

SOURCE: Theatre Criticsm at 09:38AM

Friday, May 19, 2017

Gratuitous gore in ‘Guards at the Taj’ by Alan Smason

By HARRY DUKE It’s 1648 and the splendiferous Taj Mahal awaits its opening. Humayun and Babur, the two lowliest members of Emperor Shah Jahan’s royal guards, are assigned the lowliest du…

SOURCE: Theatre Criticsm at 09:31AM

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