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Photos by Joan Marcus By David Schultz Playwright Craig Lucas (Small Tragedy, The Dying Gaul, Prelude to a Kiss) has quite a lot on his mind this time around. This modern variation on the biblical story of Job means to stir the heart and soul of the audience. For both believers and atheists…
By David Schultz Actress Renee Taylor has brought back her one-woman show to her hometown. My Life on a Diet is based on her 1986 memoir about her endless trek through all manner of strange, quirky diet fads. Intermingled with her diet tips, an entire lifetime of struggling with her weight issues, her reminiscences…
Eli Gelb, Idina Menzel and Will Brittain (Joan Marcus) By David Schultz Playwright Joshua Harmon (Bad Jews, Significant Others, Admissions) offers a tantalizing idea for a play. The bare bones outline is given at the outset. There are actually few surprises in store, but the impeccable cast with assured direction by Daniel Aukin makes…
(l-r) Kristine Nielsen, Rachel Nicks, Robert Sella, Nicholas Podany, and Jenn Harris. Photo by T. Charles Erickson Turning Off The Morning News By David Schultz Hard to believe it’s been six years since Christopher Durang hit paydirt with his Tony Award Winning play Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike. McCarter Theater’s World Premiere…
CREDIT: MONIQUE CARBONI Jennifer Allen, Florrie Bagel, Brandon Contreras, Sean Patrick Doyle, Brad Greer, Luke Grooms, Nathaniel Hackmann, Billy Hepfinger, Justin Keyes, Beth Kirkpatrick, Elizabeth Loyacano, Terrence Mann, Tiffany Marin, Jill Paice, Will Swenson, Nichole Turner, Kim Steele. By David Schultz Wonder of wonders…this television parody of the Jerry Springer show still has something…
Burke Moses (Arthur Vance) and Lenny Wolpe (Ned Newley) Photos by Matthew Murphy By David Schultz If you are currently feeling burnt out with the political insanity and circus that seems to be unraveling daily before our eyes…. turn off the cable news stations, at least for two and a half hours and sit through…
Michael Urie Photo by Joan Marcus, 2017 By David Schultz How can something seem both dated and au currant at the same time? This revised version of playwright Harvey Fierstein’s 1982 Tony Award Winning play accomplishes just that. With an original running time of four hours, this truncated version runs just about two hours…
Photo by Evan Zimmerman By David Schultz The past year has proven to be extremely stressful with the new political regime in place. Every new day posits a new twilight zone mentality to disturb and unnerve the soul. What better time then to go back…. way back to the 1950’s…
Joan Marcus Michael Emerson in ‘Wakey, Wakey’ By David Schultz The music of Maurice Ravel floats in your ears as you await the play to begin. The gradually escalating strains of Bolero reach their well-earned crashing crescendo, and then the lights shine brightly on a man facedown on the floor…as he gasps aloud “Is…
Kevin Meehan (left) and Jing Xu (right) Photo by Mark Garvin. by David Schultz The Arden Theatre Company in Philadelphia has mounted a rapturous production of Annie Baker’s mysterious work. The entire cast is in perfect sync with this investigation into the magical universe that Ms. Baker has created. Theatergoers are enveloped in a…