The weapons are virtual. Is the relationship real? (Photo of Kanon Hewitt and Lou Ticzon by Chris Randle)
Sure, Kim Kardashian wears great clothes, but does she have a soul? There’s a similar problem — although it’s not nearly as severe or creepy — with Kuroko: the production is stunning but, narratively and emotionally, Tetsuro Shigematsu’s script is perfunctory. [Read more…]
If you want to scare me, lull me first. (Photo of Sara Roa and David Bloom by Javier R. Sotres)
There’s too much too soon. [Read more…]
Lena (Anna Hagan), Vi (Jenn Griffin), and Sally (Eileen Barrett) pretend life is normal — even though the world is burning. (Photo by Javier Sotres)
Go see this show. Because you should never ever turn down a chance to see a play by Caryl Churchill. She’s been one of the most exciting dramatists in the world for the last 40 years, and she will fuck you up — and reward you — every single time.
In Escaped Alone, Churchill takes on the coming apocalypse. [Read more…]
Jan Derbyshire: let her tell you a story, let her sing you a song. (Photo by Ben Laird)
Jan Derbyshire’s Certified is pretty much perfect. And how often do I get to say that?
Certified is about Derbyshire’s journey with mental illness and mental health, but it’s not one of those stories that collapses into the horrors of madness. Derbyshire allows herself to be vulnerable, but she’s also levitatingly funny. And she changed the way I see the world. [Read more…]
Tariq Leslie as Frankenstein’s creature.
Taking in Frankenstein: Lost in Darkness is very much like sitting around a fire on a winter evening and listening to a storyteller who is very good — if a little long-winded. [Read more…]
Jennifer Tong as Su-Ling and Manami Hara as Poa-Poa in the too-simple world of China Doll.
(Photo by Tim Matheson)
Oh man, why do such poorly written plays get produced? Yes, Marjorie Chan’s China Doll is admirably feminist and admirably inclusive of underrepresented experience, but it’s also boring. [Read more…]
According to Jivesh Parasram, Hindu cows don’t say moo.
He’s in a position to know.
I’ve been so bored in the theatre so often lately that I’ve been starting to wonder if I’m dead inside. That’s why I’m feeling so high right now: Take d Milk, Nah? kept me consistently stimulated and engaged. [Read more…]
This is where it gets beautiful. (Photo of Ashley Wright and Teal Sherer by David Cooper)
Equivocation isn’t much fun, but it’s all I’ve got. [Read more…]
It’s not easy being young and handsome and getting all the sex you want — at least so I’ve been told. (Jonathan Winsby in Company)
The venue doesn’t work. The style doesn’t work. And the wig they’ve given Katey Wright is horrible. But it’s not all bad news. [Read more…]
Stylistic inconsistencies plague Body Awareness. (Photo of Suleka Mathew, John Murphy, and Jennifer Copping)
What country, friends, is this? For about the first three-quarters of Body Awareness, I had no idea where I was. [Read more…]
