Frankenstein has become a sort of Halloween pop culture icon, with a fandom ranging from the Mary Shelley purists to the Alvin and the Chipmunks junkies. And while the classic Mel Brooks/Gene Wilder comedy is a major part of this fandom, Young Frankenstein the Musical is not as well known. Mel Brooks did, however, write […]
Read More Review: Young FrankensteinIf you haven’t yet seen the Academy Theater’s production of Rent, slap yourself upside the head and buy a ticket NOW. This is not a show to be missed, as proved by a very enthusiastic house on Saturday night. Rent is an iconic piece of theater, and since it hit Broadway in 1996, has managed […]
Read More Review: Rent at the Academy Theatre“Thy kingdom come” is, in prayer, an invitation to the Lord Almighty to bestow his/her/their wishes upon you. I had to Google this. I’m not religious. But having just seen Kingdom Come at Dramashop, an earnest and hard-hitting comedy by Jenny Rachel Weiner, I’m ruminating over what all humans, myself included, must accept: our own […]
Read More Review: Kingdom Come at DramashopWhen England-born, Shakespearean actor Michael Parker ended up in the United States, he quickly discovered that Americans struggle with British plays. He grew aware of the cultural divide that leaves some of us (and I emphasize some of us) delighting in improbable romantic scenarios but not improbable buffoonery. His goal thusly became to write British […]
Read More Review: What is Susan’s Secret at All an Act TheatreImagine, for a moment, that you’re stuck at a family reunion in 1986, floundering with discomfort as your elderly relatives struggle to recall any semblance of fact, while your Great Aunt Jean spends way too much time at the wine counter and your Second-Cousin-Twice-Removed-Or-Something Dorothy casually flirts with a priest. Now imagine that you could, […]
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