by Joel Elkins~
Veronika Decides to Die, like its title character, has so much potential yet frustratingly fails to realize it. The play is an original adaptation of the novel by Paulo Coelho by producer/lead actress Beth Ricketson and director Taylor Ashbrook
Ricketson first had the idea of adapting the novel for the stage [...]
April 16, 2011 | Posted in
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by Erin Daley~
“99 Impossible Things is not a perfect play, but it is hopeful” writer/director Chelsea Sutton explains in her program notes. “While it still may have some growing up to do, I hope you like what it has to say.” Right there in the first pages of the program, Ms. Sutton scooped [...]
January 28, 2011 | Posted in
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by Joel Elkins~
On the way into Traveling Carnival Freakshow, now playing at the Eclectic Company Theatre, patrons are offered complimentary glasses of red wine. Given what awaits them, perhaps blotters of acid would be more appropriate.
The play, as can be expected, recreates a traveling carnival freak show. The fortune teller who [...]
December 11, 2010 | Posted in
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