by Colin Thomas | Jan 31, 2017 | Review
Jess Thom, who has Tourette Syndrome, says that, ages ago, a friend of hers described Tourette’s as a “crazy, language-generating machine”. He also told her that she’d be nuts not to use her condition to make art. That friend was right. Very right. Extraordinarily...
by Colin Thomas | Jan 26, 2017 | Review
Friends, don’t even read to the end of the review before you book tickets for Cuisine and Confessions. Do it now. Here’s the link: . Having done that, you should know: Cuisine and Confessions is one of the most sublime acrobatic performances you’ll ever see. Québec...
by Colin Thomas | Dec 30, 2016 | Review
It’s true: in many ways, 2016 has been terrifying. The election of Donald Trump as President of the United States promises concrete horrors for years to come. But, the way I see things, theatre provides an alternative to the values and impulses that will soon put...
by Colin Thomas | Dec 14, 2016 | Review
The pleasure is in the storytelling—and in everything from the words to the light that’s used to tell the tale. In Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol, playwright Tom Mula examines the motivation—and metaphysical placement—of Jacob Marley, who is a bit player, the ghost of...
by Colin Thomas | Dec 12, 2016 | Review
It’s charming. It’s tightly produced. And it’s antique. Weirdly, The Music Man endorses lying. In Meredith Willson and Frank Lacey’s story for this musical, a con man who calls himself Professor Harold Hill arrives in River City, Iowa with plans to sell the townsfolk...
by Colin Thomas | Dec 8, 2016 | Review
Mary Poppins is back and she’s kicking butt. The Arts Club first mounted the musical in 2013 and they’ve been reviving it as holiday entertainment intermittently since then. This latest iteration is as strong as the first. The stage musical is significantly different...
