Konstantine Stanislavski Love art in yourself and not yourself in art.
Harold Clurman The stage is life, music, beautiful girls, legs, breasts, not talk or intellectualism or dried-up academics.
100 Saints You Should Know at Elephant Stages
by Vana Dabney~
100 Saints You Should Know, tremendously directed by Lindsay Allbaugh, and solidly written by Kate Fodor, explores the loaded and already well-covered topic of the Catholic’s church’s stance on homosexuality. But, luckily, the play goes much deeper than that and covers this delicate subject in [...]
4 Clowns: Romeo & Juliet at Fringe Central
by Joel Elkins~
The 4 Clowns troupe, which won the Best in Physical Theater Award at last year’s Fringe, is back this year with their irreverent adaptation of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet.
Sticking (more or less) to the Shakespeare’s original story line, the clowns add their own comedic interpretation and [...]
The Audition at Fringe Central
by Tracey Paleo ~
“I will make you a puppet.”
The Devil wears a red jacket and pumps and she’s here to “empty you” in a boot camp audition for wanna- be actresses, where Fate decides everything. Or does it?
All the way from the UK to give a little bit of love [...]
My Mobster at Artworks Theatre
by Kyle Moore ~
Every girl has a story to tell about her first time, but it’s probably a safe bet that most of these stories don’t wind up becoming 90-minute solo performance pieces. Then again, most women aren’t as engaging and gifted a storyteller as is Joy Nash, and most [...]
Talking to Yourself at Fringe Central – Artworks Theatre, Studio A
by Tony Bartolone~
Jan Solomita presents a chapter of his life in a simple piece more akin to This American Life than Neil Simon or Hamlet. Ultimately lacking tension and conflict, this one man effort delivers calm, clear every day truth.
Solomita’s soothing delivery and demeanor accent [...]
Blink & You Might Miss Me at Asylum Lab
by Danny Rangel~
Late in Blink & You Might Miss Me, writer and performer Larry Blum declares, “Everyone has a story to tell.” Blum’s autobiographical one-man show about a struggling dancer/actor/entertainer is an intriguing story indeed, but it is ultimately disappointing.
No doubt, Blum has had quite a career. [...]
I Heart Hamas at Theatre Asylum
by Kyle Moore ~
The best thing a one-person show can offer is a compelling story from a unique perspective, and in that regard, Jennifer Jajeh’s I Heart Hamas (directed by W. Kamau Bell, with sound and lighting design by David Hines and Clint Winder) is an exceptional success, giving her [...]
Top That! at Fringe Central
by Vana Dabney~
Top That!, impressively written and directed by Brandon Baruch, is a tale of a wacky reunion of the fictional hit kids’ 90s tv show “Pancakes, Ah YES!” It takes place 10 years later in the cabin of Daisy Starr (Emily Ingersoll), the diva of the group and the [...]
Endgame at Complex Theatres
by Erin Scott ~
Find the pattern and you’ll find the answer. Endgame is a sweet and simple story told in one act. A lost girl, Minette, (Rachel Andrea Cox) walks into a cafe and sits across from a writer, Devon (Couso), taking up time and space at a table. In [...]
Five Uneasy Pieces at Elephant Space
by Joel Elkins~
Five Uneasy Pieces is a series of (actually six) monologues written and acted by show creator Todd Waring. The pieces run about 10 minutes each and involve widely varying characters, completely unconnected one to another. If there’s an underlying theme, it’s the uneasiness of their lives.
The characters range [...]
