by Colin Thomas | Jun 23, 2026 | Review
Corruption, ambition, willingness to cause and collude in suffering and death: Macbeth resonates. What sins are Trump, Musk, Bezos, Zuckerberg et al willing to commit to feed their appetites for money and power? What are the rest of us supposed to do with our...
by Colin Thomas | Jun 20, 2026 | Review
The Merry Wives of Windsor is a very silly play, so I didn’t have high expectations going into this production. But Bruce Horak and director Rebecca Northan have exploded the text, substantially reinventing it and making the silliness about AI influencers,...
by Colin Thomas | Jun 12, 2026 | Review
The best thing about Sophie’s Surprise 29th — and there are many excellent things about this six-person circus— is the vibe. Pumping party hits, mostly from the early 2000s, teasing and chatting up the audience — and commandeering some of its members — the company...
by Colin Thomas | May 24, 2026 | Review
More Dolores Drake, please. Her portrait of Mary Snow in Western Gold Theatre’s production of Salt-Water Moon is excellent. We don’t see enough of her onstage. But Salt-Water Moon is a poetic two-hander and, to sustain its tension, which is a tricky thing to do, you...
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by Colin Thomas | Apr 24, 2026 | Review
I’m surprised I wasn’t more bored than I was. I mean, I was plenty bored; I’m just surprised I stayed awake. I’d say that there are spoilers ahead and, technically speaking, there are, but the big plot point I’m about to reveal comes as no surprise. (Still, if...
