John Collins Makes Stage Magic with The Great Gatsby by Barry David Horwitz “Gatz” has everything—love, passion, party, class conflict, car culture, and self-involvement. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s scandalous party animals are speeding down the road, running red lights, leaving the rest of us dead in the road. Director John Collins reimagines the novel as…
Lucy Kirkwood Challenges Ethical Choices after Catastrophe by Patricia L. Morin Lucy Kirkwood’s “The Children” grabs us right away with a bloody nose—a hint of bigger disasters to come. A physicist, Rose (cunning Anne Darragh), mysteriously visits two fellow physicists unannounced after 38 years, as blood drips from her nose onto her white shirt….
Cheryl Strayed’s Electrifying Advice to Lovelorn, Grief Stricken by Hannah Yurke “Tiny Beautiful Things” is raw, captivating and true to Cheryl Strayed’s book. Nia Vardalos’ adaptation takes us on an emotional roller coaster ride from laughter to tears. We start off gently, when Cheryl (wonderful Susi Damilano) inherits the job of unpaid advice columnist,…
Sarah Ruhl Exposes the Comedy of Polyamory by Robert M. Gardner “How to Transcend a Happy Marriage” speaks to the intelligent theatergoer with incisive and witty dialogue, and erudite references to Ancient Greek myths Yet, the play could be called simply: “All You Want to Know about Polyamory but Were Afraid to Ask.” Ruhl’s…