Can an underemployed middle-aged jerk be a babe magnet? That’s a question theatergoers are likely to ask about Wheeler, the central character in Linda Vista, Tracy Letts’ latest play on Broadway. Some women will surely ask the question rhetorically and in disgust; some men, full of hope. Indeed, your ability to get past that question […]
Archives for October 10, 2019
Show-Score New Jersey launched today with a contest to give away $1,000 worth of theatre tickets
Show-Score New Jersey is the first extension of Show-Score.com, the popular fan site for New York City shows. Under the leadership of newly-appointed CEO, Deeksha Gaur, Show-Score has partnered with New Jersey Theatre Alliance to cover all professional theatre companies in New Jersey, it was announced today. To celebrate this first expansion, Show-Score and the […]
Review: Escape to Margaritaville, a predictable buffet of Buffett, amiable and ambling
How shocked must Jimmy Buffett have been when “Margaritaville,” his ode to heartbreak and mid-grade alcoholism, became not just a breakout 1977 hit but a potent lifestyle brand? It’s about wasting away, not chillaxing, yet his parrothead followers apparently longed to be that lonely flip-flopped loser on the beach. Or did they? Maybe what they […]
Review: My Barking Dog. What happens when a coyote shows up with a message
In 2017, the American Psychological Association acknowledged the existence of a new psychological disorder: eco-anxiety. The disease can cause a spectrum of despair in response to the effects of climate change, including substance abuse, anxiety, depression, and chronic stress and fear. However, some psychologists do not classify eco-anxiety as a mental illness, despite many overlapping […]
Home is where the art is. West by God playwright Brandon McCoy
Playwright Brandon McCoy’s world premiere West by God, which he admits is semi-autobiographical, is onstage now at Keegan Theatre through October 20th. We caught up with him to chat about the play, and his first career in stand-up comedy. Care to tell us about yourself? I grew up in Lavalette, West Virginia, just outside of […]
Dat’s Love. We take you to the first Spit Dat spoken word night at Woolly Mammoth
Drew Anderson (poetically known as “Droopy, The Brokeballer”), one half of the #DynamicDuo that is responsible for producing the weekly Thursday open mic Spit Dat since 2002, describes the new monthly residency at the Woolly Mammoth Theatre as an event with “big stage quality” and a “living room vibe.” This poetry veteran and his co-producer […]
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