by Colin Thomas | May 10, 2018 | Review
There’s only so far you can go on style and good intentions. Bears looks fantastic and its political heart is in the right place. But the script is badly built, so it gets boring. Sheldon Elter, who plays Floyd, narrates his character’s journey in the third person....
by Colin Thomas | May 6, 2018 | Review
DON’T BE CONFUSED: THIS ISN’T MY REVIEW OF THE ARTS CLUB’S 2019 PRODUCTION OF THE ORCHARD (AFTER CHEKHOV), IT’S A REVIEW OF AN AMATEUR—AND SUPERIOR—PRODUCTION OF THE CHERRY ORCHARD. BUT ENJOY IT. 🙂 Spring aches. So does this delicate production...
by Colin Thomas | May 4, 2018 | Review
Yesterday, I launched a Patreon campaign. It’s all about creating an alternative funding source so that I can keep writing about theatre. The video explains it all. And, when you’ve been thoroughly convinced by the video, here’s where you can join...
by Colin Thomas | May 3, 2018 | Review
I started checking my watch about a half hour in. And time slowed down after that. Supposedly, Neil LaBute’s The Money Shot is a comedy. Set on the Hollywood terrace of an Oscar-winning lesbian actor, LaBute’s script features three movieland airheads and one bitter...
by Colin Thomas | Apr 30, 2018 | Review
I laughed. I cried. I was confused. In her 2009 script, This, playwright Melissa James Gibson introduces us to five witty New Yorkers—well, four New Yorkers and a Frenchman—who are desperately trying to negotiate the disappointments and responsibilities of early...