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'Woody Sez' at People's Light

This music is your music

Woody Sez: The Life and Music of Woody Guthrie, currently playing at People’s Light & Theatre Company, is a tribute to the legacy of one of America’s folk music icons.

Bill Murphy

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Slusar, Bunting: Ties that bind, 20 years after.

Sharr White’s ‘Annapurna’ at Theatre Exile

Never too late

Annapurna, Sharr White’s intense two-character play, captures the nuances of despair behind a formerly married couple, as well as the bleak humor of their situation, with a generous assist from superb performances by Pearce Bunting and Catharine Slusar.
Robert Zaller

Robert Zaller

Articles 4 minute read
Suddenly he's Miss Midwest Midnight Checkout Queen: Neil Patrick Harris as Hedwig.

Neil Patrick Harris in 'Hedwig and the Angry Inch'

Wicked little town

Is it time to stop acting like gender-bending is a big deal?

Carol Rocamora

Articles 5 minute read
Lally: Wolf on the run. (Photo: David Cimetta.)

EgoPo’s ‘Gint’

Ibsen in Appalachia

EgoPo has transformed a seemingly unstageable play into a vivid pageant about the road to purgatory.
Steve Cohen

Steve Cohen

Articles 3 minute read
Ever since Adam and Eve. ("Adam and Eve," Titian)

'I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change' at Walnut Street Theatre

Seeking love at any age

Technology and cultural references may change, but relationships have been difficult since Adam and Eve first met in the garden of Eden and tried to work things out.
Naomi Orwin

Naomi Orwin

Articles 4 minute read
Generosity and compassion: Audra McDonald as Billie Holiday. (Photo by Warwick Saint)

'Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill' in NYC

Lady Day returns to 15th and Bainbridge

The human spirit, expressed through song, is an ultimate triumph over personal tragedy. Thanks to the generosity and compassion of Audra McDonald's brilliant voice, Billie Holiday sings on.

Carol Rocamora

Articles 5 minute read
Margolin: Asking the big questions

Deb Margolin's '8 Stops' at SEI Innovation Studio

How long does it take to change a life?

Deb Margolin asks us to consider big questions. How much pain can we stand in our own lives, and how do we raise another human being — whether we have a lifetime to do it, or maybe just eight stops on a subway train?
Naomi Orwin

Naomi Orwin

Articles 5 minute read
A missed opportunity for transcendence? Kirk Wendell Brown and Peter DeLaurier in the Lantern's “Train Driver.” (Photo by Mark Garvin)

Peter Brook's 'Suit' and Athold Fugard's 'Train Driver'

Apartheid's end

Two different productions look at the effect of apartheid on South Africans, black and white.
Joanna Rotté

Joanna Rotté

Articles 5 minute read
"Never, never, never, never, never": Lilly Englert as Cordelia and Michael Pennington as Lear in “King Lear”

Michael Pennington's Lear in Brooklyn

An unforgettable Lear and an exemplary life in the theater

Michael Pennington’s elegant, deeply felt Lear — Shakespeare’s most challenging tragic role — is a study in fallibility, vulnerability, and the dignity of a man in defeat.

Carol Rocamora

Articles 4 minute read
Gangsters and chorus girls evoke the classic "Guys and Dolls." (photo by Paul Kolnik)

'Bullets over Broadway: The Musical'

A crossfire of fun and musical mayhem

Who needs the angst that newer musicals have been offering these days? Bullets over Broadway: The Musical provides all the ammunition required for an evening of nostalgic pleasure.

Carol Rocamora

Articles 4 minute read