Posts Tagged ‘amy nicholson’
CAVE QUEST: 100% Sweet
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Diane Rodriguez’s direction is enhancing yet controlled, allowing both performances to be interesting while maintaining excellent contact with the main theme—which is enlightenment of a kind and, of course, justifiable [...]
DITCH: 33% Bitter – UPDATED
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But Coffman breaks our hearts by trying to be something he is not yet, and that is a playwright effectively dealing with searing emotional catharsis. Stories of Will’s best friend [...]
DIGGING UP DAD: 100% Sweet
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“Digging Up Dad” may not have much in the way of shock value or serrated-edged satire, still, it has a lot of heart for a ‘tough guy’ who finds that [...]
PROJECT WONDERLAND: 100% Sweet – UPDATED
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The stars here are Teresa Shea’s costumes and sets and Lynn Jeffries’ puppets, a whirlwind of giant lobster claws and waves of parachute silk and 15-foot flower hats and packs [...]
BLOOD AND THUNDER: 100% Sweet – UPDATED
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Anthony’s script is tautly written, his characters are finely drawn, and the actors give solid performances, but the production is marred by an awkward and confusing nonlinear structure. Though the [...]
MOLLY SWEENEY: 67% Sweet
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Randee Trabitz directs her excellent ensemble on a stage divided by two translucent scrims. As Molly retreats into “her world” — the one Friel validates for the audience (during his [...]
BABY, IT’S YOU!: 57% Bittersweet
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Serious book problems hamper a strong catalog of early 1960s tunes and the efforts of a talented cast in Baby It’s You!, now at the Pasadena Playhouse. The result is [...]
“Dirty Dancing”: 67% Sweet
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We’re all here to see Baby come into her own, but it sure takes a while. The producers could easily cut 20 minutes off the evening without losing the heart [...]
“Rantoul and Die”: 100% Sweet – UPDATED
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Best of all is the cast, which tears into the material with canine ferocity. Watching them attack the play is energizing and a little bit disconcerting. Their plunge into the [...]
“A Number”: 80% Sweet – UPDATED
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If there is one truth under his lies, it’d be the play’s only singularity: While the clones share a disgust for him, it springs from different reasons. “You don’t [...]
