DISNEY’S FROZEN, THE BROADWAY MUSICAL: FREEZE-DRIED

DISNEY’S FROZEN, THE BROADWAY MUSICAL: FREEZE-DRIED

Disney’s Frozen, The Broadway Musical is as commercial and superficial as it sounds. It’s also incoherent, which is worth talking about. Because the show’s symbolism is a mess, it doesn’t make sense thematically. Jennifer Lee based her book for the musical on the...
THE MOUSETRAP: A DELIGHTFUL CONTRAPTION

THE MOUSETRAP: A DELIGHTFUL CONTRAPTION

To me, this production of The Mousetrap feels like one of those fantastically diverting mechanical toys I used to get on Christmas mornings — and that I still sometimes give on Christmas mornings. The play isn’t deeply meaningful, but there’s joy in the mechanics —...
HAUS OF YOLO: NO FOMO IF YOU DON’T GO

HAUS OF YOLO: NO FOMO IF YOU DON’T GO

Mediocre skills and a terrible concept do not make for a fun night at the circus. In HAUS of YOLO, which was created by a New Zealand company called The Dust Palace, four acrobats venture into the world of fast fashion — very fast: the acrobats launch the show in...
INNER ELDER: AGES WELL

INNER ELDER: AGES WELL

The pay-off is great. A solo show — and memoir — written and performed by Michelle Thrush, who’s Cree, Inner Elder is about the artist’s journey towards self-realization as an Indigenous woman. Raised mostly by her dad, Thrush felt an absence where she wanted her...
HERE WE GO: GO

HERE WE GO: GO

Here we go. Where to start? I watched this production three times over a 25-hour period. Here We Go is a short one-act (in three parts) by British playwright Caryl Churchill — about 45 minutes in total. Churchill is one of the smartest playwrights I’ve encountered,...