April appears to be the month of celebrating locally not only cherry blossoms but playwright Samuel Beckett. There are three notable productions in town. Scena Theatre has just presented The Beckett Trio, a remarkable tour de force of three solo works with local actress Nanna Ingvarsson. Shakespeare Theatre Company hosts Ireland’s Druid Theatre in Waiting […]
Archives for April 24, 2018
Witch – new Conner-Smith musical – embraces the accursed word (review)
Witch opens with what appears to be a coven of women in black shiny robes circling the stage holding candles. One periodically reads from a book so iridescent that its pages glow in the dark. Then shift to a present day, and not just any day, but the happenings of the post-election 2017 Women’s March […]
Robin Hood at Imagination Stage (review)
Once again, Imagination Stage turns an ages-old classic into something modern and relatable for both kids and adults. In this fine adaptation of the story of Robin Hood by Greg Banks, director Janet Stanford reminds us that the Merry Men weren’t originally merry – they were homeless. Living the outlaw life in Sherwood Forest in […]