Life in the Galway countryside gets rather soggy, but playwright Martin McDonagh can strike a match just about anywhere. The first few scenes of The Beauty Queen of Leenane, the jet-black 1996 comedy that did much to launch McDonagh’s career, feel bleak but mostly benign. But leave it to McDonagh, and his diabolically sharp wit, […]
Archives for September 2013
Miss Saigon
Signature Theatre certainly has had numerous successes with putting new spins on large scale musicals so it perhaps comes as no surprise – particularly for those who saw its production of Les Misérables several years back – that Artistic Director Eric Schaeffer and company have decided to do it again. This time the focal point […]
From Fringe to Vegas: I < 3 Hummels performs at Bally's
Some people long for Hummels – the tiny porcelain figurines of children in lederhosen. Some people long for love. And some people long for love and Hummels, and they’ll be gathered at the North American Convention of the M.I. Hummel Club at Bally’s Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas on September 7 to watch I […]