REVIEW: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
The thing about Tennessee Williams plays is that he provides so much opportunity to over-do it, to take things to such a heightened emotional place that one runs…
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REVIEW: Sooner/Later
I love that Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park is committed to producing new plays. Artistic Director Blake Robison (and Ed Stern before him) allow for new voices, new…
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REVIEW: Red Velvet
RED VELVET is the story of Ira Aldridge, the first African-American to play Othello in the 1800’s, who faced discrimination at every turn. This long, two-hour-and-twenty-minute production recounts…
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REVIEW: Transmigration 2018
The 10th Anniversary for TRANSMIGRATION at CCM featured a variety of theatrical experiences, including one of the most powerful and smart plays I’ve seen in some time. Every…
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REVIEW: Buried Child
If you’ve not seen BURIED CHILD and haven’t read any spoilers, let me bring you up to speed. It is indeed about – at least partially – a…
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REVIEW: The Pillowman
Martin McDonagh, the playwright of THE PILLOWMAN, is a twisted individual. All of his plays seem to have a preoccupation with murder and violence; this one is especially…
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REVIEW: The Humans
I think I liked THE HUMANS. I know I liked the humans in THE HUMANS. But Stephen Karam’s script is so nuanced, so subtle that I can see…
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REVIEW: Poor Behavior
Theresa Rebeck’s POOR BEHAVIOR reminds me of why I am really glad I don’t provide marriage counseling anymore. The opening night audience laughed, guffawed, gasped, and talked at…
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REVIEW: The Color of the Leaves
I love new works; there’s something exciting about seeing a new play for the first time produced out of passion with care and hard-work. That’s how I would…
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REVIEW: The House
Why are so many new plays – especially comedies – so sitcomesque, I wonder? I think there’s a void to fill. But is it because there really aren’t…
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