Just when you thought you couldn’t take another holiday show, up pops The Crater Sisters’ Christmas Special at Best Medicine Rep. Bouncing along with creativity and zest, this Christmas special shows the transcendent power of love and care and slams through the doldrums with holiday cheer. I caught the world premiere last year and went […]
Archives for December 4, 2019
Review: The Magic Duel, a mystifying show for a cynical town
In the genteel Mayflower Hotel, where J. Edgar Hoover and Clyde Tolson often ate dinner alone together, Mark Phillips and Ryan Phillips are engaged in a magic duel. By “magic duel” I don’t mean one like Doctor Strange had with Kaecilius, so don’t worry about thunderbolts whizzing past your head. I mean two men who […]
1984. A “spiritual happening” when Morgan Freeman preached The Gospel at Colonus at Arena Stage
Editor’s note: The mix of cultures has always provided a rich stew for theater, showing us both the universality of human longing and the diverse ways in which it can be expressed. So, for example, the Classical Theatre of Harlem presented King Lear in an African setting with the great André DeShields in the title […]
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