Anywhere But Here: Go there

by | Feb 7, 2020 | Review

Carmen Aguirre’s script for Anywhere But Here takes a long time to find its groove but, when it does, it’s thrilling. Really. Although I was ambivalent about the text after the first act, I rocketed out of my seat for the ovation at the end. And the production is...

Forget Me Not: Forget the script, remember the rest

by | Feb 6, 2020 | Review

Ronnie Burkett is a phenomenal performer. The puppets that he and his team creates are works of art. And he needs a whole lot more help with storytelling than he’s getting. Lots of things about Burkett’s newest show, Forget Me Not, are very cool. For starters, it’s in...

Kismet, things have changed: compare and contrast

by | Feb 5, 2020 | Review

Comparison is odious. It can also be instructive. I really like Kismet, things have changed and recommend you see it. I loved KISMET, one to one hundred and I strongly suggest you go back in time and see if you can catch that show ten years ago. The same four creators...

Gardens Speak: Listen

by | Jan 31, 2020 | Review

A handful of times during Tanya El Khoury’s sound installation Gardens Speak, I had to slow myself down, to stop, to let the gravity of the information I was receiving land, and to honestly consider my response to it. That means that Gardens Speak was doing its job.  ...

Noises Off: Right On

by | Jan 30, 2020 | Review

  There’s something sublime about farce when it’s well done and this Arts Club production of Noises Off is very well done. In Michael Frayn’s 1982 farce, a hapless company of English actors rehearses and then performs … a farce. In Nothing On, the...