by Colin Thomas | Nov 25, 2018 | Review
Taylor Mac’s Hir celebrates diversity while simultaneously exposing the underside of identity politics. And it’s a comedy, although its humour is dark—like blood-encrusted dark. A US Marine named Isaac comes home after three years of overseas duty. He’s been working...
by Colin Thomas | Nov 24, 2018 | Review
Before the show, a company member from Soul Samurai lets everybody know that there’s a crisis line that audience members can call if they find anything too upsetting. The script is so awful I very nearly dialed it up. And, in one significant way, this production makes...
by Colin Thomas | Nov 22, 2018 | Review
Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley is going to do very well at the box office—but not because it’s good. Co-written by Lauren Gunderson and Margot Melcon, the play is a sequel to Jane Austen’s novel, Pride and Prejudice. With her husband, the dashing Darcy, Lizzy now...
by Colin Thomas | Nov 18, 2018 | Review
This might seem like an odd thing to say but, to me, Mortified feels whole and perfect in the same way that a body can feel whole and perfect: it’s just that organic, sensual—and complicated. And, like being embodied, Mortified is more than a touch surreal. Playwright...
by Colin Thomas | Nov 15, 2018 | Review
God save good art from simplistic politics. Donna Spencer has adapted Henrik Ibsen’s An Enemy of the People, which premiered in 1882, to create The Enemy—and by “adapted” I mean “shrunk”. In Ibsen’s story, Dr. Stockmann, the medical officer for a new spa in southern...
