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While their purpose holds, this duo is a whirligig: Fennie, Trelease. (Photo by Paola Nogueras)

'Macbeth' at Villanova

Our suffering country under a hand accurs’d

James J. Christy, returning to Villanova after eight years, has directed a rousing and imaginatively staged Macbeth with student and postgraduate performers.
Robert Zaller

Robert Zaller

Articles 5 minute read
Bad Relationship 101

Underbite Theatre’s ‘Would You Still Love Me, IF?’

Answering some questions, asking others

Underbite Theatre’s Would You Still Love Me, IF? asks questions about gender identity, but raises doubts about its relationships.
Mark Cofta

Mark Cofta

Articles 2 minute read
Theatre Horizon’s “Into the Woods” did quite well at the 2015 Barrymores.

Where's the audience for the Barrymore Awards?

The scope of the Barrymore Awards is expanding each year with a wider swath of companies, but the live audience is narrowing.
Steve Cohen

Steve Cohen

Articles 3 minute read
“Us against the world”: Ng and Carter. (Photo by AustinArt.Org)

'Lights Rise on Grace' at Azuka Theatre

Lights Rise on Grace illuminates three dark souls

Though Lights Rise on Grace often feels constructed, its jumps in time and points of view keep it unpredictable. Love stories never get old, and this one, after some painful episodes, offers a bit of hope.
Mark Cofta

Mark Cofta

Articles 3 minute read
Presenting a plausible alternative: Hodge, Lawton, and Hissom. (Photo by Mark Garvin)

Bill Cain's 'Equivocation' at the Arden (second review)

Mixed feelings about 'Equivocation'

My reaction swayed back and forth during different parts of this extravagantly ambitious work. In the end, I was frustrated and annoyed by the play while admiring the acting and staging.
Steve Cohen

Steve Cohen

Articles 4 minute read
A work that will last at least 50 years. (Photo by Mark Garvin)

Bill Cain's 'Equivocation' at the Arden

Revising Shakespearean history

Witty, smart, fast-paced, and overly long, with some gratuitous full-frontal nudity, Equivocation shows off the writer’s genius and the actors’ abilities, and a lot of pallid male skin. Even though it’s brilliant, a play about guys, starring guys — semi-naked guys — has a bit too much testosterone for my taste.
Naomi Orwin

Naomi Orwin

Articles 3 minute read

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More method than madness: Cumberbatch as Hamlet. (Both photos by Johan Persson)

Benedict Cumberbatch in 'Hamlet'

Sherlock Holmes does Hamlet

Benedict Cumberbatch plays the sanest Dane you’ll ever see in Shakespeare’s most celebrated tragedy.

Carol Rocamora

Articles 4 minute read
"Bullets over Broadway" is fun, but don't think about it too hard. (Photo by Matthew Murphy)

'Bullets over Broadway: The Musical'

Everyone cheats

Talent aside, I can’t disassociate Woody Allen from his work, and Bullets over Broadway: The Musical has enough misogynistic sentiment to infuriate me even while I laugh at the antics on stage.
Naomi Orwin

Naomi Orwin

Articles 4 minute read
A dignified gentleman — aside from that whole bloodsucking thing: Hernandez, Bloechl (photo by Kyle Cassidy)

'Dracula' at Hedgerow Theatre

An old vampire with a few new tricks

Hedgerow Theatre’s revival of the classic Dracula story succeeds through solid acting, without camp or excess.
Mark Cofta

Mark Cofta

Articles 2 minute read
A handmaid by "choice": Isa St. Clair. (Photo by Rebecca M. Gudelunas)

'The Handmaid's Tale' at Curio Theatre

A Tale both frightening and plausible

A feminist nightmare comes to life in a brilliant stage adaptation of Margaret Atwood's Handmaid's Tale by Curio Theatre Company.
Mark Cofta

Mark Cofta

Articles 4 minute read