by Colin Thomas | Sep 25, 2014 | Review
With annoying regularity, I’ll write a review that goes online or into print, and I’ll think, “Damn! I wish I’d analyzed that more perceptively” That happened recently with my review of Susinn McFarlen’s Since You Left Us. In my...
by Colin Thomas | Jun 25, 2014 | Review
If we ever needed a reminder of why we shouldn’t take the Jessies too seriously, all we have to do is look at this year’s awards in the large-theatre stream. As I launch into this, let me make it clear that I am NOT knocking the awards that anybody got:...
by Colin Thomas | May 2, 2014 | Review
Iceland’s last show is tomorrow night. Go. Lindsey Angell’s performance will knock your socks off. The whole show, from the script up, is a pleasure. Iceland is part of playwright Nicolas Billon’s triptych, Fault Lines, which also includes Greenland...
by Colin Thomas | Apr 25, 2014 | Review
One weekend, so much to see: Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Iceland, Through the Gaze of a Navel. Director Marisa Smith’s production George Bernard Shaw’s Mrs. Warren’s Profession is packin’ ’em in—deservedly—at the Rickshaw Theatre....
by Colin Thomas | Apr 4, 2014 | Review
Mies Julie is the show to see this weekend. In some ways, the evening bears the burden of Strindberg’s original. At the beginning, you want to scream, “Let’s make this an early night! Just don’t fuck the crazy lady!” But that happens...
