by Colin Thomas | Oct 23, 2017 | Review
The storytelling in Happy Place could be more focused and compelling, but some of the play’s content pierces to the heart of the current cultural moment and the cast is stellar. In Happy Place, playwright Pamela Mala Sinha takes us to an upscale inpatient treatment...
by Colin Thomas | Oct 20, 2017 | Review
It’s worth it. Like a great pair of shoes or an indulgent vacation, a great night out is worth a splurge. And Kurios – Cabinet of Curiosities is a great night out. The world of this Cirque du Soleil production, which premiered in 2014, is steam-punk: it’s fascinated...
by Colin Thomas | Oct 18, 2017 | Review
SOL TRAIN The core goal of the Sol Project is to strengthen the presence of Latinx playwrights off-Broadway and in regional theatres in the US. Although it only launched last May, the Sol Project has already been incredibly successful. The collective enterprise plans...
by Colin Thomas | Oct 15, 2017 | Review
There’s a lot of powerful writing in Scott Button’s new play VIVA. That’s the most important thing to know. There are also lapses of taste, which undermine the strengths. In VIVA, Button overlaps two narratives. At the outset, Alice and Graeme, who don’t know one...
by Colin Thomas | Oct 12, 2017 | Review
It’s as if playwright Kevin Loring has tried to cram half a dozen Greek tragedies—plus a couple of episodes of The Honeymooners—into one evening. His new play, Thanks for Giving, is inspiringly ambitious, often funny, sometimes beautiful, and structurally scattershot....
