THE DARK LADY: MURKY

THE DARK LADY: MURKY

Playwright Jessica B. Hill’s The Dark Lady kept me listening for the most part, but I was never fully or consistently engaged. The Dark Lady imagines a relationship between William Shakespeare and Emilia Bassano, the first woman in England to claim the status of...
AN IDEAL HUSBAND: I’D MARRY IT

AN IDEAL HUSBAND: I’D MARRY IT

Because theatre has so many moving parts, several of which are moving actors, who come complete with independent sensibilities, stylistic adventure in the theatre is a dangerous game: if you don’t get all those moving parts coordinated, the show will crash in...