BIG STUFF: YEP

BIG STUFF: YEP

This show is bigger than it looks and exactly as big as it feels. The set-up for Big Stuff is straightforward. Married comedians Matt Baram and Naomi Snieckus tell us that, with the death of the last of their parents, they’ve found themselves with a lot of things....
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT’S LITTLE WOMEN: SURRENDER

LOUISA MAY ALCOTT’S LITTLE WOMEN: SURRENDER

For some reason, probably general curmudgeonliness, I tried to resist Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women. I failed. Yes, the story is sentimental, but it’s about the importance of familial and romantic love — of kindness, honesty, and openheartedness. In this age, which...

My Little Tomato: Tasty until it’s not

I really enjoyed My Little Tomato — until I started to get tired of it. It’s audacious, that’s for damn sure. In Rick Tae’s new script, Keaton Chu inherits his parents’ produce farm when they’re killed in a freak accident. Produce wholesaler Joe McKinley interrupts...

The Sound of Music: It’s all about the kids

Brace yourselves: this is going to be a rave. I was so moved during the first act of the Arts Club’s production of The Sound of Music that I was in serious danger of making embarrassing sounds. And I wasn’t alone in suppressing sobs. Damien Atkins’s performance as...