New City Stage's 'Hinckley'

The mind of a would-be assassin

A theatrical tour-de-force, Hinckley is a classic example of how much can be done with nothing more than actors on a stage.

Mark Wolverton

Mar 20, 2014 · Articles · 3 minute read

Azuka’s ‘Skin and Bone’

Four characters in search of a story

Azuka Theatre ventures outside the box with the world premiere of Jacqueline Goldfinger’s Skin and Bone, but the premiere might have been premature.

Gary L. Day

Mar 17, 2014 · Articles · 3 minute read

Caryl Churchill’s ‘Love and Information’ in NY

A case of emotional hit-and-run

Are Caryl Churchill and her inventive artistic team messing with our minds? You bet.

Carol Rocamora

Mar 17, 2014 · Articles · 5 minute read

'Circle Mirror Transformation' at Theatre Horizon (2nd review)

The power of self-expression

What’s going on in the acting class on stage is the highest form of acting — naturalistic, believable, and true.

Ilene Raymond Rush

Mar 12, 2014 · Articles · 3 minute read

EgoPo does Ibsen’s ‘Lady From the Sea’

A woman in need of assertiveness training

In the rarely performed Lady From the Sea, the heroine is more poetic but also more perplexing than most of Ibsen’s women.

Steve Cohen

Mar 08, 2014 · Articles · 3 minute read

‘Pride and Prejudice’ at People’s Light

The delicate dance of courtship

Dance plays a large part in the dramatization of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice currently playing at People’s Light & Theatre Company.

Bill Murphy

Mar 06, 2014 · Articles · 2 minute read

'Circle Mirror Transformation' at Theatre Horizon

Getting to know you

Circle Mirror Transformation is an unusual play that demands close attention, as an instructor in a community-center adult acting class leads her students in intricate theater games.

Steve Cohen

Mar 06, 2014 · Articles · 2 minute read

Further thoughts on immersive theater

Audience participation? Let’s call it something else.

Carol Rocamora might have come across as a curmudgeon who rejects all immersive theater. Nothing could be farther from the truth.

Carol Rocamora

Mar 04, 2014 · Articles · 4 minute read

'Beautiful Boy' at the Walnut

A male Alice in a Catholic Wonderland

Under the skillful direction of David Stradley, Eric Conger’s riveting tragicomedy about a young man’s search for his birth mother becomes a memorable experience.

Henrik Eger

Mar 04, 2014 · Articles · 4 minute read

Nina Raine’s ‘Tribes’ by PTC (3rd review)

Struggling to be heard

An increasing number of plays portray the problems of minority groups. Tribes, about the hearing-impaired, achieves a rare universality. On the surface, it’s about deafness; at a deeper level, it’s about anyone who’s ever struggled to be heard.

Steve Cohen

Mar 04, 2014 · Articles · 3 minute read