by Colin Thomas | Oct 23, 2020 | Review
All alone in my living room, I applauded. These are lonely times and getting to watch the livestream of Veda Hille’s Little Volcano for 90 minutes is like having the most fascinating person over for the most intimate of conversations. Hille is a singer/songwriter and...
by Colin Thomas | Oct 19, 2020 | Review
Allan Morgan is a big ol’ homo. That’s a big part of why his solo show I Walked the Line is such a glorious celebration of resilience, compassion, and belonging. In September of 2014, the lights went down for the last time on Morgan’s triumphant portrayal of Prospero...
by Colin Thomas | Oct 19, 2020 | Review
Representation matters. Viola Desmond’s legacy matters. And I’m a white guy who doesn’t think that this telling of Desmond’s story works very well — which is my way of acknowledging that perspective also matters. Please take it into account. Desmond’s is the Black...
by Colin Thomas | Oct 17, 2020 | Review
Trump is scarier. Climate change is scarier. Covid is scarier. Theatre in the Dark’s production of A War of the Worlds — Mack Gordon and Corey Bradberry adapted the novel by H.G. Wells — has a handful of things going for it. The novel unfolds in and around Victorian...
by Colin Thomas | Oct 12, 2020 | Review
The Doll’s House Project has huge things going for it, including playwright Henrik Ibsen’s shifting moral perspectives and a gallery of fine performances from a bumper crop of student actors. But Laara Sadiq has directed the piece for the stage even though it’s being...
by Colin Thomas | Oct 2, 2020 | Review
Are you looking for a really good reason to go back to the theatre? Here you go: the Arts Club’s production of Nilaja Sun’s No Child… will remind you what it’s all about. In the story, an actor/teacher named Miss Sun arrives at the impoverished Malcolm X High School...
