Filled with gun-tooting, bank robberies and heaving drinking, Thieves Like Us is an entertaining show that grabs us and keeps us involved through. The pace is brisk and the action is wild. Beth Sagal’s, as the all-in-white-dress angel of death, sings torch songs to comment and underscore the action. The extensive use of newspapers including a giant paper that the actors keep unfolding vividly depict the sensationalize coverage of bank robbers.
Read MoreSet in a European perfume shop in the 1930s, the delightful characters inhabit a world suffused with love and longing. The central story revolves around the two feuding clerks, Georg and Amalia, who secretly find solace in their anonymous romantic pen pals, little knowing that their respective correspondents are each other
Read MoreCaroline Neff gave a strong performance as Charlotte. We see both her innocent painful side as well as her naughty vicious side. Neff never flinches as she gave a scary look into teenage grief and the search for acceptance. Neff’s performance makes this show worth seeing. Peter Moore was also excellent as the cold, grief-stricken father. Be warned that graphic references and depiction of sex acts and violence occurs.
Read MoreBoth plays are highly recommended since each are filled with strong, emotionally wrenching performances. Director Rick Snyder lets his fine cast go for all the intensity contained. Cox and Baker quickly established a workable stage chemistry. These three actors sure leave it all on stage in these two short gems by one of America’s leading playwrights. Catch both plays-and for a massive jolt of Mamet, see both on the same day.
Read MoreSeveral things struck me as I watched Dan and Jeremy Kuhlman’s short film, “Thanks Mom.” First, I like the professionalism of the production – it sure played like a major motion picture. Smart editing, nice location shots and a blend of dark scenes and funny re-takes bend on pleasing Mom who financed the venture.
Read MoreThis 2 and a half hour comedy is set in the Middle Ages and plays almost like a musical due to the exquisitely complex poetic verse-dialogue that “sings” from the lips of each player. The humor, the irony, the wit, and the angst each character exudes captures us and holds us throughout. Teresa Hamm’s period-perfect costumes enhance the look and atmosphere. The cast understands and respects the cleverness of Fry’s work. You’d be hard pressed to witness a finer ensemble easily navigating the difficult text.
Read MoreHeathcliff (Gregory Isaac) and Cathy (Lindsay Leopold) believe themselves eternally bound as soul mates in love. But when they are brutally torn apart, Heathcliff leaves the area to re-make himself and commence his course of retribution to destroy all who have wronged him. Since his beloved Cathy has married Edgar Linton (Robert Kauzlaric) for stability, Heathcliff returns and the cyclic nature of revenge emerges. This story is filled with unknowable passions of the heart.
Read MoreDetroit is a perplexing new play with absurdist tendencies peopled by extremely dysfunctional anxiety-ridden folks…The long-winder monologues grew tiresome by the third one. Also the early fits of extreme rage mounted by Laurie Metcalf’s Mary came out of nowhere. It seems that each of these wacky characters have a phobia concerning the unknown. All four are desperate to reveal their true selves to others.
Read MoreBesides the swank sophisticated Latin-rhythmic dances, marvelously choreographed by Stacey Flaster, Scoundrels features exquisitely timed comic turns form Larry Wyatt, Michael Mahler, Larry Adams and especially Paula Scrofano, as the wacky and lonely American millionaire Muriel. Dara Cameron beautifully plays Christine Colgate who isn’t who she appears to be.
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