Tuesday, November 28, 2023
"United Nations: The Other West," written and directed by Bossert, is an outstanding example of the hybrid theatrical system he has created. This production is an extension of his 2022 "Unit…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:55PMThursday, November 16, 2023
"Ode to the Wasp Woman," written and directed by Rider McDowell, is a play done in the style of film noir and true crime films of the 1950’s. The show focuses on the events leading up to t…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 03:52PMMonday, November 6, 2023
The production was conceived in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine as a group of actors was performing "No Exit (Huis clos)." They decided to adapt the ideas of Sartre’s work into…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:06AMThursday, November 2, 2023
What is remarkable about Mack's performance is that she is reliving the grieving process with every performance. It is not a fictional story with an actor taking on a role; this is a powerfu…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 05:36PMWednesday, November 1, 2023
Mikel Murfi skillfully brings to life a handful of colorful characters in a rural town where Farnon is the cobbler. The transitions from one character to the next are done with shifts in pos…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:08AMThursday, October 26, 2023
All eight stories are engagingly woven into a pattern that illustrates the things that help us understand what it is to encounter a fear of death or even a fear of living. David Dean Bottrel…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 05:11PMTuesday, October 24, 2023
"Chasing Happy," written by Michel Wallerstein and directed by Alexa Kelly, is a five-character comedy about a gay love triangle. It unravels like a pilot for a television sitcom that borrow…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 03:31PMFriday, October 20, 2023
Lee Blessing's "Down The Road" is a tale that explores what can happen when "normal" people are confronted with the psychopathy of evil in the form of a charming, ego-centric serial killer. …
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 07:22PMSunday, October 15, 2023
"The Lights Are On," written by Owen Panettieri and directed by Sarah Norris, is a psychodrama that plays with two ideas: are we really who we think we are, and what are the reasons we do wh…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 10:39PMFriday, October 13, 2023
"The Picher Project" is a bluegrass and folk-infused musical conceived and directed by Quentin Madia, with music, book, and lyrics by Madia and Lauren Pelaia. This show is based on real-life…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 01:17PMTuesday, October 10, 2023
"The Making of a Great Moment" by Peter Sinn Nachtrieb and directed by James Barry is a play about a pair of actors who are the principal players and only members of a bicycle theatrical tou…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 02:04PMThursday, October 5, 2023
It takes considerable skill for competent actors to play at being bad actors, and many of the cast members succeed. It is not a bad play, but the overarching problem with the show is that it…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 04:37PMFriday, September 29, 2023
David Dean Bottrell is both a craftsman and an artist, as evidenced in his delightful and exquisitely entertaining show "Dear Mr. Bottrell, I Cannot Possibly Accept This." From his Prologue …
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 02:12PMWednesday, September 27, 2023
"The Jester’s Wife," written and directed by T.J. Elliott, is a fanciful attempt at reconstructing the source of the myth of Dymphna, a legendary medieval Irish saint who is considered the…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 03:32PMMonday, September 18, 2023
This play demands attention to the smallest details and a thoughtful encounter with what truth is being hidden and revealed in both the spoken text and the silent actions. It leaves one with…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:51PMFriday, September 15, 2023
"alt-Hamlet," written and directed by Suzanne Willett, loosely uses "Hamlet' 's plotting and character types in a carnivalesque/grotesque black comedy. Inspired by the US Supreme Court's 202…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 06:56PMSunday, September 3, 2023
"Click" by Drew Pisarra and directed by James Dean Palmer is a play inspired by the film "Breathless," written and directed by Jean Luc Godard and considered a seminal work in establishing F…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:30PMSunday, August 20, 2023
"Baby Foot," written and directed by Tim Venable, follows the interactions between three addicts in the very early morning in the lounge room of a rehab facility. The two central characters …
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 09:35PMWednesday, August 9, 2023
It takes great skill and imagination to make an impromptu idea flow with conviction and commitment. And, so it is with the wonders of As You Will, a company of engaging, talented actors who…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:35PMMonday, July 17, 2023
"A Girl Far From Normal" by Robyn Bishop-Marin takes us on that stroll down the lanes of her memory, and it is fearsome, delightful, heartfelt, wrenching, and funny. Matthew Harrison's direc…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:47AMSaturday, June 24, 2023
"The Gospel According to Heather," with book, music, and lyrics by Paul Gordon, is a story about a teenager's struggles with fitting in with her contemporaries, finding a boyfriend, and deal…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 10:15PMWednesday, June 21, 2023
The show is a deft combination of action and humor with elements of horror. One of the production numbers, "Dissection Dance," is an homage to the "Time Warp" choreography of "The Rocky Horr…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 09:00PMThursday, June 15, 2023
"Freedom Summer," written by Toby Armour and directed by Joan Kane, is a semi-autobiographical story of the playwright's experiences that summer as one of those students risking their lives …
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:02PMThursday, June 8, 2023
Einhorn has reshaped the dramatic elements of the original play to focus primarily on antisemitism. What he achieves is a show that highlights how the antisemitism of the 16th century is con…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 04:11PMSunday, May 28, 2023
"GAS" by Charles Cissel explores the “never-never land” of a war without end. It is a time when the characters examine the unreality of the experience. It occurs within an ill-defined di…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 06:33PMThursday, May 18, 2023
The play is structured as a mystery and that is being revealed with sensitivity and care. As each element is shown, a clearer picture of what is at stake emerges. A discussion in Act II abou…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 03:37PMWednesday, May 10, 2023
The music is well-done, with the songs fully integrated into the storyline and lyrics that help define essential elements of the character's nature and are filled with inside Star Trek refer…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 07:21PMSunday, May 7, 2023
The main issue with this show is the lack of clarity in the book. Who is the play about, the father or the son? Act I is primarily a story about Paul Sub and his business ventures leading up…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 06:15PMThursday, April 27, 2023
I left with questions about what I had just experienced. It was not a feeling of dismissal but one of consideration for the experience. It was and is not a question of good or bad but whethe…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 01:24PMFriday, April 21, 2023
Where does one begin to tell the story of two manifestly successful lawyers who mixed professionalism with adolescent ideation? A case where one wants a career as a serious law practitioner …
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:58PMTuesday, April 11, 2023
"Bringer of Doom," written by Joe Thristino and smoothly directed by Mark Koenig, is a comedy about Lotte and her effort to exact revenge against her estranged mother, Esme, because of a pub…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 01:23PM 
