Theater Editorial Reviews
Theater review: Redmoon's 'Winter Pageant 2009'
Nina Metz - December 3, 2009
Inventive as all get-out, Redmoon's "Winter Pageant 2009" brings to mind a hipster clown show or a Dr. Seuss drawing brought to life. The annual winter pageant has an uneven track record -- past shows have been charming if not especially memorable. This year's effort blows everything else out of...
Theater review: 'Whining in the Windy City: Holiday Edition'
Chris Jones - December 3, 2009
Oh, the travails of being a rubber-faced demi-star like Jackie Hoffman! All of the demands of semi-celebrity but so few of the rewards!You get yourself a Broadway musical like "Xanadu," and you kill in all scenes comedic. But then along comes some cherub-faced producer, announcing that you are...
Theater review: 'Aunt Dan and Lemon'
Chris Jones - December 7, 2009
Beware childhood influence, in story told by Backstage
Refreshing bit of 'Lunatic(a)s'; 'Perseus' wears out its welcome
Kerry Reid - December 8, 2009
'Lunatic(a)s' * * * 1/2 Andrea Martin once performed a sketch for SCTV about a would-be Renaissance woman promoting her female-empowerment solo show, "I'm Taking My Own Head, Screwing It On Right, and No Guy's Gonna Tell Me That It Ain't ," in which, despite the bravado of the title, the...
Theater review: 'Miracle on 34th Street'
Chris Jones - December 1, 2009
As holiday shows go, the Porchlight Music Theatre production of "Miracle on 34th Street" is a long way from a Christmas spectacular. It's closer to Filene's Basement than Macy's. With a running time of only about 80 minutes, this is not so much a stage version of the beloved 1947 movie as a...
Theater reviews: 'Hunky Dory' and 'Carnivale Nocturne'
Nina Metz - December 1, 2009
"Hunky Dory" ★★★ "Hunky Dory" (late nights at Factory Theater) is hack work, but hack work I can get behind. Clocking in at barely 40 minutes, playwright Joe Gehr manages to jam the thing with enough idiocy to last a lifetime. It's good to see director Joshua Graves is fully on board with...
Theater review: 'Rewind'
Nina Metz - December 1, 2009
Promising rock-band story misses a few beats playing in reverse
Theater review: 'The Pillowman'
Nina Metz - December 1, 2009
Certain things can only be revealed in close-up. It's a tool well-suited to cinema but not often practical in theater unless the space is small and the director exceptionally clever. Which brings us to Kimberly Senior's unforgettable production of "The Pillowman" for Redtwist Theatre, which...
Theater review: 'Peter Gallagher: Don't Give Up on Me'
By Chris Jones - December 1, 2009
Peter Gallagher seems to be caught between Broadway, 'The O.C.'
Theater review: 'The Mystery of Irma Vep'
Chris Jones - November 30, 2009
Few genres are as fragile as the Theatre of the Ridiculous. Many are the enthusiastic comic stylists who have attempted such classics of the Charles Ludlam genre as "The Mystery of Irma Vep," only to be hoisted on their own campy petards, done in by overacting, anemic pacing, dribbling pauses,...
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