At ACT, “The Invisible Hand” delivers
Let’s not mince words and please forgive the hyperbole; there’s not much time for that. Between tonight and its closing on … Continue reading At ACT, “The Invisible Hand” delivers
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Victor Janusz tells his own story with humor and song in Hands Solo: Pianoman
Victor Janusz has been a fixture behind a piano almost constantly since he was eight years old. He has played … Continue reading Victor Janusz tells his own story with humor and song in Hands Solo: Pianoman
“The Price” Isn’t Right
Attention must be paid to the set dressing. Arthur Miller’s The Price is set in an attic, that place where … Continue reading “The Price” Isn’t Right
Please Don’t Encourage Them — Sugar Daddies at ACT
At the end of Sugar Daddies (at ACT through Nov 3; tickets), I thought, “Did that just happen?” Yes. Yes … Continue reading Please Don’t Encourage Them — Sugar Daddies at ACT
ACT’s “Rapture, Blister, Burn” Tries to Have It All
The female WASP and her marital and gender-oriented struggles are the grist that is ground in ACT’s production of Rapture, Blister, Burn (through August 11). Playwright Gina Gionfriddo has enough self-awareness to out her subject demographic, but the problems of the privileged are as familiar as they are suspect. Continue reading ACT’s “Rapture, Blister, Burn” Tries to Have It All
A Tell-All Memoirist Comes Home in “Other Desert Cities” at ACT
The familiar give and take of family secrets and threatened revelations gets a Hollywood shine and sociopolitical update in ACT’s production of Jon Robin Baitz’s Other Desert Cities (through June 30). Hamstrung by an under-rehearsed cast and a weak-jointed plot, the show still provides an amusing, if sentimental, evening of entertainment. Continue reading A Tell-All Memoirist Comes Home in “Other Desert Cities” at ACT
“Grey Gardens” & the American Songbook of Dysfunction at ACT
With Grey Gardens: The Musical at ACT (a co-production with 5th Avenue Theatre on an extended run through June 2), you really get two musicals in one: one a dated throwback, one a “staunch women” tour-de-force. Happily, the latter more than makes up for the former. Continue reading “Grey Gardens” & the American Songbook of Dysfunction at ACT