The Tempest review by Randy Hardwick
Director Tina Landau uses her extraordinary troupe of actors to maximum advantage in creating the extraordinary island world of The Tempest. The result is pure entertainment…and pure Shakespeare.
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Theatre Reviews
Treasure Island: A Musical Adventure
Their Treasure Island is a major triumph with a grand future offering sophisticated tale ripe with pirates, excitement, buried treasure, ships and distant shores peopled with richly developed characters originally created by Robert Louis Stevenson.
Read MoreHedwig and the Angry Inch
Hedwig is a ‘love it or hate it’ affair. If you don’t like drag shows or loud rock music, then this isn’t for you. But if punk rock and drag is your thing, then Hedwig will be a treat.
Read MoreThe Rocks
Mark Young is one of a handful of playwrights who captures the imprecise, highly contextualized language of younger Americans. His ear for cadence, inflection and oblique comment is pitch-perfect and his knack for getting the language on paper gives his contemporary young characters an authenticity that allows the audience to feel that they are eavesdropping on private conversations
Read MoreBad Guys In Suits
This is a little more than 60 zany minutes with non-stop action and some very clever writing. The story is about mobsters during the Depression era circa 1930’s having a “bad day at the office”.
Read MoreThe Bird Sanctuary
Lynne McMahon’s The Bird Sanctuary is a one-act drama about group of late middle-aged friends – two married couples – and their unspoken disappointments with their lives. It plays with another one-act, Mark A. Young’s The Rocks, which deals with a similar topic from a 20-something point of view.
Read MoreThe Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
By Jay Presson Allen Adapted from the Novel by Muriel Spark Directed by Ronan Marra Produced by Signal Ensemble Theatre
Read MoreThe Rivals – A Comedy
Sheridan was trying to poke fun at the ridiculous behavior of the upper class English and Polarity’s amateurish production turns this classic into a wildly over acted manic parody that is more clown-like vaudeville that satirical comedy.
Read MoreGhostwritten
Playwright Iizuka’s new play, Ghostwritten, commissioned by the Goodman Theatre, is a drama about the lingering debt, complex family ties told with mystical elements including magical food.
Read MoreKatrina: The Girl Who Wanted Her Name Back
This is a ninety minute play that takes place during the Hurricane Katrina period of time, following a young girl’s journey during the storm that shares her name.
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