by Colin Thomas | May 25, 2024 | Review
Some people I know are wary of Pacific Theatre: because it’s a Christian company, they’re afraid of proselytizing. So, in that sense, the title of PT’s latest production, A Case for the Existence of God, isn’t doing the company any favours. BUT DON’T BE FOOLED: A Case...
by Colin Thomas | May 25, 2024 | Review
Madeleine Suddaby’s performance as Adelaide is worth the price of admission. Literally. Lay down that dough! Guys and Dolls premiered in 1950, but it’s based on work by Damon Runyon set two and three decades earlier. In the underworld of gamblers, strippers, and...
by Colin Thomas | May 10, 2024 | Review
Brian Friel’s The Freedom of the City feels more like a patchwork of scenes and ideas than a fully realized script — but it’s passionate, some of the writing is transcendent, and this production from Vital Spark Theatre is solid. Set in Londonderry, Northern Ireland...
by Colin Thomas | May 9, 2024 | Review
This is a piece I originally included in FRESH SHEET, The Newsletter a year ago. I’m reposting it here because I want to link to it in this week’s newsletter. CT BODIES NEAR ENOUGH TO TOUCH This isn’t breaking news. I stumbled upon fabric sculptor Judith Scott’s work...
by Colin Thomas | May 4, 2024 | Review
The actors in this premiere production of playwright Kamila Sediego’s Homecoming are treating the characters — and the project — with a level of respect that’s a pleasure to witness. Sediego’s script is about the effect of emigration on three generations of Filipinas....
