by Colin Thomas | May 2, 2026 | Review
I’m not going to tell you that either this script or this production is perfect, but I am going to say hallelujah! Let’s hear it for the long view. Let’s hear it for philosophical and artistic ambition. Let’s hear it for the tenderness, confidence, and commitment this...
by Colin Thomas | May 1, 2026 | Review
About halfway through, Juliet & Romeo takes a turn that made me like it a lot more, although I was already having a good time with it. Conceived and directed by Ben Duke, and devised by Duke and Solène Weinachter, who were its original performers, this...
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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...
by Colin Thomas | Apr 18, 2026 | Review
This is my second take on this review. I’m posting a new version because I received emails from two readers who took me to task — persuasively — for my response to the script’s treatment of the main character’s intellectual disability. (You can read their comments...
by Colin Thomas | Apr 17, 2026 | Review
Ambitious. Meditative. I loved it. The end of greatness is a cosmological concept that, in the words of writers Veda Hille and Maiko Yamamoto, theorizes “the point in the universe where everything stops being unique and starts being repetitive.” As I understand...
