Daniel Petzold and Peggy J. Scott in . Photo by Rana Faure. Switzerland by Julia Polinsky Switzerland has a simple plot, in which reclusive writer Patricia Highsmith (Peggy J. Scott), who lives in Switzerland, gets a visit from Edward Ridgeway (Daniel Petzold), a feckless young man sent by her publisher to persuade her to sign…
Emma Geer and Nick LaMedica By Marc Miller The Mint Theater Company does well by Elizabeth Baker’s antique, but it’s hard not to feel you’re being lectured to. Elizabeth Baker’s The Price of Thomas Scott is an interesting little antique with a curious morality. The Mint Theater Company’s initial offering in its…
Christopher Sutton Photos Andrew Evan Cohen by Deirdre Donovan Peter Filichia’s God Shows Up is a heaven-sent comedy that gives us a fresh perspective on God in the new millennial. Directed by Christopher Scott, and with a terrific acting ensemble, it’s a drama that theatergoers of all religions—or no religion—can enjoy….
Richard Topol and Cassie Beck photos by Joan Marcus by Deirdre Donovan Misogynist? Madman? Genius? The Swedish-writer August Strindberg was all of these, and then some. Born on January 22, 1849 on the islet of Riddarholmen in Stockholm, Strindberg became—in the admiring words of Eugene O’Neil—the “most modern of moderns” when it…
David Ganly and Niall Buggy (back) Photos by Patrick Redmond On Blueberry Hill By Ron Cohen On Blueberry Hill is a testament to the power of acting that’s both skilled and inspired. This Irish drama, in a production from Ireland’s award-winning Fishamble theater company, is basically two interlocking monologues, each of…
Marin Ireland Photo Credit: Ahron R. Foster Blue Ridge By Ron Cohen Alison, the central character in emerging playwright Abby Rosebrock’s heartfelt if somewhat muddled drama Blue Ridge, is a high school English teacher who can get really angry. How angry? When the school principal who’s also her lover does her wrong…
Waiting for Godot in Yiddish (Vartn Af Godot) by Julia Polinsky So, nu? You never secretly suspected that, all along, Godot was really a comedy about a couple of confused, irritated alte kockers who have zero idea what’s going on? Well, you could have, because the New Yiddish Rep’s…
Photo credit Dan Norman By Jeanne Lieberman Forget the singing Santa’s and athletic elves, this simple direct-to-the-heart production will eclipse any other Christmas show and should be a perennial for Christmas, Easter and/or anytime your faith in humanity needs healing. ALL is Calm, as presented by the Theater Latte Da at the Sheen Center,…
by Deirdre Donovan “How wonderful to see you all!” remarks Michael C. Hall as he stands on stage in total darkness after trying to light a cigarette in the opening scene of Will Eno’s Thom Pain (based on nothing). Hall, who plays the nominal character, gets a big laugh from the audience. And many more…
By Edward and Jeanne Lieberman The Armonk Players’ current production of The Foreigner features an outstanding cast in a madcap comedy that is arguably more timely today than when it was first written in 1984. The play was written by Larry Shue and won Outer Critics Circle Awards for Best Off-Broadway Play and Outstanding…