by Colin Thomas | Apr 3, 2026 | Review
Marlene Ginader’s new script Canadian Psycho is an idea that goes nowhere. With virtually nothing to offer, how did it make it onto the stage? In this solo piece, which the playwright is performing in its premiere production, the central character, Marlene, tell us...
by Colin Thomas | Mar 30, 2026 | Review
God, I love theatre students! They are so frickin’ vivacious and eager to please — which makes them the perfect match for the musical Something Rotten!, which is all about entertainment. Something Rotten! is stupid — in the best (giddiest) way possible. In Karey...
by Colin Thomas | Mar 29, 2026 | Review
I’m so much angrier now than I was when I first saw the movie Network — which is all about anger — in 1976. Many of us these days live in a perpetual state of political fear, frustration, and fury, which makes United Players’ decision to produce playwright Lee Hall’s...
by Colin Thomas | Mar 29, 2026 | Review
This show won me over, but it took a while. The problems I had aren’t with the production, which is excellent, but with the script — although the source material is astonishing. Playwright Kat Sandler drew inspiration for Wildwoman from the fifteenth-century history...
by Colin Thomas | Mar 23, 2026 | Review
Kelli Ogmundson delivers a perfect performance in this production. How often do I get to say that? Never? Every actor in town should see this piece of work. And so should everybody else who cares about theatre. In playwright Phoebe Eclair-Powell’s 70-minute monologue,...
by Colin Thomas | Mar 23, 2026 | Review
Man, I was fighting to stay awake. On paper, Lloyd Suh’s script sounds like it might be interesting. In Franklinland, Suh has created a fantasia based on the relationship between Benjamin Franklin — the script calls him Ben — and his son William, who was born out of...
