GRANDMA. GANGSTA. GUERRILLA.: AN UNEASY COMBINATION

GRANDMA. GANGSTA. GUERRILLA.: AN UNEASY COMBINATION

It’s almost there in some ways and absolutely not there in others. In Grandma. Gangsta. Guerrilla., emerging playwright Abi Padilla interweaves three storylines. The core story is about Lola (Grandma) Basyang, who is succumbing to dementia. Her grandkids Nika and...
WONDERFUL JOE IS WONDERFUL

WONDERFUL JOE IS WONDERFUL

Puppeteer Ronnie Burkett’s Wonderful Joe makes about as much sense as a painting by Marc Chagall — by which I mean it makes so much associative, intuitive, emotional sense. And it’s beautiful to look at as it swirls around its themes of loneliness and inclusion,...
THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM: Let Me Do It Myself!

THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM: Let Me Do It Myself!

It’s a beautiful play, slightly reduced in this production, but absolutely worth seeing. The Height of the Storm is set in an older couple’s home outside Paris. André, a renowned writer, has dementia. Although she appears, his wife Madeleine, the equally bright and...
THE THREE MUSKETEERS: I’M ENLISTING

THE THREE MUSKETEERS: I’M ENLISTING

Well, swash my buckles. That was a good time I didn’t see coming. The Three Musketeers, I thought. Yay. Swordfighting, glamourized murder, general yo-ho butchness: not my things. I feared this production would be superficial and boring. But, as it turns out it’s...