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A Story That Soars Up to the Sky

September 6, 2015 Reviews Comments Off on A Story That Soars Up to the Sky

Peter and the Starcatcher

 

A dozen actors enter through the mist onto Scott Davis’ deceptively simple set, virtually an empty stage adorned with

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All in the Family

September 5, 2015 Reviews Comments Off on All in the Family

The Lyons – Aston Rep

 

As Ben lies in his hospital bed facing death, his wife Rita relaxes in a chair, facing away from him, casually browsing

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Come For the Pinter, Stay for the Palimpsest

September 3, 2015 Reviews Comments Off on Come For the Pinter, Stay for the Palimpsest

Ashes to Ashes – Citizens Relief  and Palimpsest Exhibition at Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art

By Lazlo Collins

Sometimes the search for a great two-for-one may be a struggle. Well search no more! Currently at The Intuit: The

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No Spare Change

September 3, 2015 Reviews Comments Off on No Spare Change

 

After Miss Julie – Strawdog Theatre Company

By Lazlo Collins

Change affects us all in different ways. Sometimes our response to change can be unpredictable. We look for

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Moving On…So What?

September 3, 2015 Reviews Comments Off on Moving On…So What?

Glory Days – Refuge Theatre Project

 

Four best friends from high school reunite on an empty football field a year after they’ve gone on to the colleges of

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Memories Explode in Manhattan

August 31, 2015 Reviews Comments Off on Memories Explode in Manhattan

The Price – Timeline Theatre

 

Sometimes a theatergoer attends a play, produced by a topnotch company, confident that he’ll be impressed by what

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Santana- Still as Good as Advertised…and Smooth

August 31, 2015 concert reviews Comments Off on Santana- Still as Good as Advertised…and Smooth
 Reviewed by Scott Kirshenbaum

 

 

 


Into the Darkness

August 29, 2015 Reviews Comments Off on Into the Darkness

The Jacksonian – Profiles Theatre

 

Nothing can really prepare audiences for the bizarrely fascinating, twisted, darkly humorous story that’s unfolding at

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These Rocket Boys Soar

August 29, 2015 Reviews Comments Off on These Rocket Boys Soar

October Sky 


Following the success of their 2012 musical, “Hero,” which also had its world premiere at the Marriott Lincolnshire

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AN OLD SOUL AT HEART

August 23, 2015 concert reviews Comments Off on AN OLD SOUL AT HEART
SETH MACFARLANE- Ravinia
 
As I sat in my Ravinia Pavilion seat on an unusually comfortable August evening awaiting the entrance of Mr. Seth MacFarlane, I, along with most of the audience, anticipated hearing the diatribes of rude, crude and lewd Peter, the stoic, dry wit of Brian and the angry, precocious musings of Stewie- the core of the Griffin family of Quahog, Rhode Island.
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