by Colin Thomas | Jan 31, 2019 | Review
I went from thinking, “This is going to be a very long night,” to laughing uncontrollably. That is an excellent trajectory. Thornton Wilder wrote his farce The Matchmaker in 1954. It’s probably best known today as the play that Hello, Dolly! is based on. Set in the...
by Colin Thomas | Jan 27, 2019 | Review
Guest review by David Johnston Chris Lam and Tariq Leslie work hard but drop the ball in A Prayer for Owen Meany. (Photo by Zemekiss Photography) It was a bad sign when, after sitting through A Prayer For Owen Meany’s fourteen-hour runtime, my first reaction was...
by Colin Thomas | Jan 25, 2019 | Review
Writer/performer Selina Thompson slams it in salt. (Photo by Dick Davenport) At the beginning of her autobiographical solo show salt., Selina Thompson says, “I’m 28. I’m black. I’m a woman.” I’m 66, white, and a man and those realities will have a huge impact on how I...
by Colin Thomas | Jan 24, 2019 | Review
Dawn Jani Birley makes a compelling Horatio in Prince Hamlet. (Photo by Bronwen Sharp) This Hamlet is like a priceless fabric with a lot of holes in it. Director Ravi Jain has conceived and cast this production with refreshing inclusivity: the players are racially...
by Colin Thomas | Jan 19, 2019 | Review
Less than halfway through this evening, I wrote in my notebook, “I don’t want to spend any more time with them.” Mostly, I was talking about the characters; there are strengths—as well as significant weaknesses—in the production. In The Open House, which runs an...
