by Colin Thomas | Oct 27, 2024 | Review
This is an odd compliment I know, but, watching Ridge, I kept thinking, “This show is like a block of wood.” It’s so solid and complete: so densely ethical and intelligent, so wholly and naturally itself. Written by Brendan McLeod, brought to fruition with the band...
by Colin Thomas | Oct 20, 2024 | Review
Cirque du Soleil’s ECHO gave me so much. I want to talk about those things first. The look of the show is fantastic. The only set piece is an enormous white cube — 12 tons and the size of a two-storey apartment building. Designed by Es Devlin, the cube rotates and...
by Colin Thomas | Oct 17, 2024 | Review
Keep Calm and Murray On is kind of like a kids’ tap recital: the only reason to attend is if you know somebody who’s performing in it and you want to be supportive. With a couple of exceptions, the evening is an amateurish mess. Keep Calm is being billed as an...
by Colin Thomas | Oct 13, 2024 | Review
I haven’t seen the film or read the book, but Charlie and the Chocolate Factory the musical comes into its own when it’s at its nastiest. There are upsides and downsides to this. (I’m mostly going to deal with the downsides first, but hang in with this review if you...
by Colin Thomas | Oct 11, 2024 | Review
Playwright Mohammad Yaghoubi’s Earworm is such an intriguing combination of elements. They didn’t all work for me, but they sure as hell kept me engaged. The central relationship is between an Iranian-Canadian podcaster named Homa and her adult son Pendar, who lives...
