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Clap Your Hands if You Believe

April 13, 2017 Reviews Comments Off on Clap Your Hands if You Believe

For Peter Pan on Her 70th Birthday – Shattered Globe 

 

Sarah Ruhl, the distinguished and celebrated, two-time Pulitzer Prize-nominated playwright, has

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Starting Over Again

April 10, 2017 Reviews Comments Off on Starting Over Again

Linda Vista – Steppenwolf Theatre 

 

As Todd Rosenthal’s remarkably detailed and versatile turntable stage setting gradually reveals itself, Dick Wheeler,

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Trapped in the Meat Grinder of Life

April 4, 2017 Reviews Comments Off on Trapped in the Meat Grinder of Life

Beyond Caring – Lookingglass Theatre

 

Three temps, prospective new employees, have been sent to this meat factory by their respective

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A Darker Side of the Rainbow

April 3, 2017 Reviews Comments Off on A Darker Side of the Rainbow

The Great and Terrible Wizard of Oz – House Theatre

 

After the board of a prestigious private school turns down her application for admittance, recently

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TV Episode 1 – City Winery

March 31, 2017 City Winery Comments Off on TV Episode 1 – City Winery


Ignorant People Are Dangerous

March 30, 2017 Reviews Comments Off on Ignorant People Are Dangerous

Born Yesterday – Remy Bumppo

 

Today, for many people in this country, ignorance is no longer scoffed at. Learning and the acquisition

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An Overview of Immigration

March 29, 2017 Reviews Comments Off on An Overview of Immigration

In To America – Griffin Theatre Company 

 

Playwright Bill Massolia spent a good deal of time meticulously researching and poetically assembling

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Jim Messina – City Winery

March 28, 2017 City Winery, concert reviews Comments Off on Jim Messina – City Winery

Jim Messina at City Winery

On Sunday night I had the pleasure of seeing  legendary producer/musician Jim Messina at the City Winery. 

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A Revisionist View of Inge

March 25, 2017 Reviews Comments Off on A Revisionist View of Inge

Picnic – American Theatre Company 

 

For many of the younger theatergoers packed into the opening night audience, this new, revisionist

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Dazzling Splendor Under the Big Top

March 23, 2017 Reviews Comments Off on Dazzling Splendor Under the Big Top

 

Circus 1903—The Golden Age of Circus

 

At the turn of the previous century, entertainment was mostly limited to a person’s own inventiveness

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