by Colin Thomas | Dec 14, 2016 | Review
The pleasure is in the storytelling—and in everything from the words to the light that’s used to tell the tale. In Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol, playwright Tom Mula examines the motivation—and metaphysical placement—of Jacob Marley, who is a bit player, the ghost of...
by Colin Thomas | Dec 12, 2016 | Review
It’s charming. It’s tightly produced. And it’s antique. Weirdly, The Music Man endorses lying. In Meredith Willson and Frank Lacey’s story for this musical, a con man who calls himself Professor Harold Hill arrives in River City, Iowa with plans to sell the townsfolk...
by Colin Thomas | Dec 8, 2016 | Review
Mary Poppins is back and she’s kicking butt. The Arts Club first mounted the musical in 2013 and they’ve been reviving it as holiday entertainment intermittently since then. This latest iteration is as strong as the first. The stage musical is significantly different...
by Colin Thomas | Dec 6, 2016 | Review
Local artists are standing on top of the world in New York and London. Charles Isherwood of The New York Times named Ride the Cyclone one of the best shows to open in the Big Apple in 2016. And the Guardian’s Luke Jennings chose Betroffenheit as one of the year’s top...
by Colin Thomas | Dec 4, 2016 | Review
It’s a stealth operation. I was watching Creeps, admiring the performances and considering the structure of the play when, all of a sudden, the emotional impact hit me and I was stifling sobs. Creeps, which premiered at Toronto’s Factory Theatre Lab in 1971,...
