by Colin Thomas | Jun 6, 2021 | Review
Skip to the epilogue: the last five minutes of this production are by far the best. There are two earlier sections. Each unit is distinct. In Part 1, we witness a training session in which a sales manager named Niall coaches three pharmaceutical reps on how to make a...
by Colin Thomas | Apr 7, 2021 | Review
Writing this review of United Players’ production of Silent Sky isn’t as challenging as, say, astrophysics, but it’s still tricky, okay? I enjoyed the show a lot. Playwright Lauren Gunderson’s script about the turn-of-the-twentieth-century career of...
by Colin Thomas | Jan 24, 2021 | Review
Watching She Sells Sea Shells is like watching somebody you like dating the wrong guy: admirable artists have worked very hard and very skilfully on this production, but Helen Eastman’s script isn’t worthy of their talents and attention. I’m going to chew on the...
by Colin Thomas | Nov 21, 2020 | Review
The Red Priest (Eight Ways to Say Goodbye) is a smart script and, in this United Players production, it’s being performed by smart actors. Playwright Mieko Ouchi’s text is about a fictional relationship between Italian composer Antonio Vivaldi and the wife of one of...
by Colin Thomas | Sep 12, 2020 | Review
This is the first time I’ve attended a live performance since the beginning of the plague, so I’m going to start off by talking about that. Going in, I was mildly freaked out; I’m 68 and I’m taking immunosuppressant drugs. Because I’m vulnerable, I wore a mask and a...
