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December 13, 2024 / Ross Haarstad / Reviews

A Musical Triptych with Heart

Comfort Food by Rachel Lampert & Larry Pressgrove playing at the Kitchen Theatre through December…

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December 13, 2024 / Ross Haarstad / Reviews

A Wacky Recipe for Family Fun

The Sisters Fitz&Startz: Cook with Kidsbook & lyrics by Rachel Lampert; music by Benjamin Costello,…

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November 21, 2024 / Ross Haarstad / Reviews

Heartbreak and Hope at the Kitchen

A Case for the Existence of God by Samuel D. Hunterat Kitchen Theatre through November…

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November 14, 2024 / Ross Haarstad / Reviews

Floating in a Most Peculiar Way

Rosa and Blanca by Rebekka Kricheldorf translated by Neil Blackadder / Cherry Arts Collective /…

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October 24, 2024 / Ross Haarstad / Reviews

Haunting Times with House of Ithaqua

The Thin Place by Lucas Hnath / A House of Ithaqua production/ Cherry Artspace, through…

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November 17, 2022 / Ross Haarstad / Reviews

The Kids Are Alright at the Kitchen

Edith Can Shoot Things and Hit Them; Kitchen Theatre through Nov 20 (kitchentheatre.org) Edith is…

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September 22, 2022 / Ross Haarstad / Reviews

Satire Stumbles at Kitchen

Do You Feel Anger? by Mara Nelson-Greenberg at Kitchen Theatre Company through Sept 25 (kitchen…

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June 23, 2022 / Ross Haarstad / Reviews

Brilliant, Raucous ’Hurricane Diane’ is Utter Magic

Hurricane Diane at the Kitchen Theatre through June 26 (kitchentheatre.org) Comedy explodes across the Kitchen…

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March 31, 2022 / Ross Haarstad / Reviews

‘The Chinese Lady’ an Incandescent Theatrical Experience

:The Chinese Lady by Lloyd Suh, Kitchen Theatre Company (in person & streaming) through April…

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February 17, 2022 / Ross Haarstad / Reviews

A Latina in Hollywood at the Kitchen

Fade by Tanyo Saracho at the Kitchen Theatre through Feb 20 (kitchentheatre.org)Note: The Kitchen Theatre…

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November 18, 2021 / Ross Haarstad / Reviews

Giving Thanks for Great Comedy

The Kitchen Theatre has elected to dash away the dreariness of an Ithaca November with…

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September 25, 2021 / Ross Haarstad / Reviews

Soulful Opening at the Kitchen Theatre

A Boy and His Soul by Colman Domingo, Kitchen Theatre, through Oct 3 (kitchentheatre.org) Part…

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August 4, 2021 / Ross Haarstad / Reviews

Sweeney Todd Features Two Fierce Leads

Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street; music & lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, Book…

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July 10, 2021 / Ross Haarstad / Reviews

Once Casts Its Gaelic Spell at the Hangar

Once, book by Enda Walsh, music & lyrics by Glen Hansard & Markéta Irglová; Hangar…

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June 25, 2021 / Ross Haarstad / Reviews

‘The Realness’ Jump Starts In-person Theatre at the Hangar

By Ross Haarstad The Realness by Idris Goodwin; Hangar Theatre, through June 26 He’s a boy…

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June 19, 2021 / Ross Haarstad / Reviews

Kitchen Goes In-person and Outdoors with ‘Shape’

Shape by Kara-Lynn Vaeni; Kitchen Theatre Company, through June 27 Swoosh! The Kitchen Theatre’s world…

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September 27, 2023 / Ross Haarstad / Reviews

Grief, Hope and Brilliant Theatricality in a Play with Monsters at the Kitchen

Monsters of the American CinemaBy Christian St. CroixKitchen Theatre through October 1 Some plays gather…

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August 5, 2023 / Ross Haarstad / Previews

Cherry Arts Mounts Shakespeare in a Tent

One walks from the gravel of the parking lot beside the Arthaus into a spacious…

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November 17, 2022 / Ross Haarstad / Reviews

WoW Plants the Seeds of 3 New Musicals

WoW’s NoW: Walking on Water’s New Original Works: a festival of new musical staged readings…

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