Posts Tagged ‘charlotte stoudt’
OEDIPUS EL REY: 100% Sweet – UPDATED
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Alfaro spins much of this in a colloquial lexicon that makes it all the more forceful. Some of his passages — Tiresias’ musings on what a father really is, after [...]
CELADINE: 60% Sweet – UPDATED
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Evered apparently set out to write a modern Restoration comedy, but his play is too pale, genteel, and bloodless to qualify. It’s all pleasant enough, and it’s not without charm, [...]
SOUVENIR: 83% Sweet – UPDATED
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Even with its elegant production design, including a NYC skyline that pops up when needed via slide projections, and Nick McCord’s delicate lighting design, Gregg W. Brevvort’s production is [...]
KATAKI (The Enemy): 100% Sweet
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“Star Trek” buffs will recall veteran TV scribe Wincelberg wrote “Dagger of the Mind,” the episode featuring the first appearance of the Vulcan mind-meld. His humanist message feels a little [...]
LOYALTIES: 50% Bitter
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Pasqualini’s play is not really a thesis drama, but it often sounds like one, treating its characters as mouthpieces. There are, however, some potent scenes. Though we’re clearly intended to [...]
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 [...]
ITALIAN AMERICAN RECONCILIATION: 100% Sweet – UPDATED
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The gloves come off in John Patrick Shanley’s romantic comedy at the Ruskin Group Theatre. Performed by an outstanding cast, the play follows the delightful mishaps of love and hate [...]
TENT MEETING: 0% Bittersweet
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Most of the action goes down in the family’s cramped trailer, courtesy of scenic designers Mark Colson and PJ King, but what begins as a brisk comedy of claustrophobia quickly [...]
PO BOY TANGO: 33% Bitter
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Toward the end, a fierce argument concerning race finally erupts after an angry Gloria accuses Richie of disrespecting her, but the conflict seems forced. Likewise, although Mama’s narrative includes a [...]
“Half of Plenty”: 67% Bittersweet – UPDATED
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These are the Tindall’s, and these are the Zook’s. Confused? You won’t be when you find out the main reason for seeing this comedic gem. Mandan, best known for his [...]
