Despite lacking a certain oomph in the portrayal of its iconic titular character, Wolfe’s adaptation is a lowkey, low-stakes affair with excellent performances and captivating tension.
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I’m sure an Audible production was not what Shakina Nayfack had envisioned for this work, but it has inadvertently blossomed into what might be its ideal form.
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Not since Shakespeare began Romeo and Juliet by declaring their love fatal have onstage pairings been so clearly doomed.
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If, in terms of cohesion, the play fares better as an audio production […] it is because the work itself is only a few lectures away from being a podcast.
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Lacking the raw, visible sexuality that drives most productions, what we get here feels closer to a wickedly fun tea with some exasperated Southern ladies and the men with whom they surround themselves.
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So, who is this for? Well, this one’s for goodwill and charity, as proceeds from the stream will benefit dozens of regional theatres nationwide that have seen their year reduced to near-ashes.
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Brief review of Smooth Talk, from the 2020 New York Film Festival’s Revivals section.
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Bill & Ted Face the Music is a completely unnecessary but winsome enough entry in the Southern California dude saga that’s as comforting as our bad teenage habits.
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A multimedia theater piece filters shadow puppets, cardboard cutouts, and good old-fashioned pantomime through live cameras to depict the alienating effects of a consumer culture gone terribly wrong.
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The ways a group of teenage girls treat each other is often at the forefront of the Lyric Stage production of Sarah DeLappe’s one-act play about a girl’s indoor soccer team
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Othello has more connections to contemporary society than one might care to admit (or write down), as observed in the Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s production, now in performance at the American Repertory Theater.
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In a first-rate production directed by Michael Greif, the legendary prizefighter’s past, present, and future battle it out in an unforgiving tempest of celebrity, identity, and legacy.
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