by Colin Thomas | Mar 24, 2018 | Review
Emotionally, Bar Mitzvah Boy is a sweetly stealthy play. It takes a while for the script to find its feet. In the set-up, we find out that Joey, a successful divorce lawyer, wants to be bar mitzvahed before his grandson is. Somehow, Joey missed out on the ceremony...
by Colin Thomas | Mar 22, 2018 | Review
Nicola Billon’s Butcher exploits real suffering to create gimmicky entertainment. I hated it so much that I wanted to boo. On Christmas Eve, an old guy in a military uniform has been dropped off at a police station. A butcher’s hook was tied around his neck and the...
by Colin Thomas | Mar 18, 2018 | Review
I Lost My Husband is boring. Why waste time, talent, and money on it? In the story, Evelyn loses her spouse Peter in a bet with a bartender named Melissa. Peter, whom we never meet, obligingly moves right in with the younger woman. There are a couple of...
by Colin Thomas | Mar 9, 2018 | Review
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by Colin Thomas | Mar 9, 2018 | Review
When I was returning to my seat after intermission, I had virtually no interest in what was going to happen next. That’s not a good sign. In Forget About Tomorrow, playwright Jill Daum tells the story of Jane, whose husband Tom develops early-onset Alzheimer’s. The...
by Colin Thomas | Mar 8, 2018 | Review
The day after seeing The After After Party, I’m still laughing as I describe it to friends. The laughter is uncontrollable. Like I’m being tickled. By unseen hands. That belong to somebody that I like but can’t identify. If you’re up for an audacious good time, The...
