Millennial Notes Annie Baker Gives New Meaning to Daily Grind by Beau McGlasson Popcorn, soda bottles, and wet lettuce litter the floor of a run-down suburban movie theater. Annie Baker’s “The Flick” wants to overwhelm us with the details. Baker builds drama from awkward conversations, unrequited workplace crushes, and three young characters’ discontent with…
Millennial Notes Leslie Martinson Turns People & Props into Time Travelers by Jose Martin Aveldanes After a night out in an London musical hall in 1935, a banal Englishman, Richard Hannay (elegant Lance Gardner), meets a mysterious, soon-to-be-murdered German woman. In the satirical and comic “The 39 Steps,” which spoofs the Hitchcock movie, Hannay…
Millennial Notes Sarah Ruhl Delights, Shocks with Dirty Laundry by Evelyn Arevalo “The Clean house” embodies quintessential elements of a hilarious comedy: A long winded joke in a mysterious foreign language, a depressed maid whose depression stems from her dislike of cleaning, and an up-tight sister versus her generous sister. Sarah Ruhl’s play adds…
Millennial Notes Kevin Blake Enchants with Charm & Wit by Jordan Freed Halfway through the show, Kevin Blake places an envelope onstage; he claims it contains step-by-step breakdowns of all his tricks. He’ll allow anyone in the audience to come up and take it, with the stipulation that they open it after the show,…