Ennio

Written and performed by Ennio

Produced by Arena Stage

Reviewed by Ronnie Ruff

For those unfamiliar with Ennio’s act, here is the scoop.  The Italian-born performer does pantomime, runway style dance routines to popular songs while changing paper costumes to portray pop culture icons. The paper costumes that use Velcro and interesting folds to achieve his transformations are a mixed bag of bright and funny to sophomoric and less than inventive. [Read more...]

Shakespeare Theatre Free for All

Love’s Labor’s Lost

By William Shakespeare

Produced by Shakespeare Theatre Company

Directed by Stephen Fried

Reviewed by Tim Treanor

You’ve seen this before…if not the original, Helen Hayes-award production, then Seinfeld‘s Jerry, George, Elaine and Cosmo as they sought to become Masters of the Universe. Or any other effort, comic or serious, to control raging carnal impulses by denying them. Sometimes these efforts fail, which is comedy, and sometimes they succeed, which is tragedy. [Read more...]