By Ross Haarstad The Realness by Idris Goodwin; Hangar Theatre, through June 26 He’s a boy from the burbs, she’s a city girl; he’s Black, she’s…
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Shape by Kara-Lynn Vaeni; Kitchen Theatre Company, through June 27 Swoosh! The Kitchen Theatre’s world premiere of Shape opens with a flash of musical merriment…
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Read the full review in this Monday’s Tompkins Weekly (tompkinsweekly.com) Tickets at kitchentheatre.org / Through Sun June 29 1967. Revolution. Music. South Side Chicago: “Up…
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Seminar is a play that exists deliriously and perfectly in the moment. Theresa Rebeck’s riff on art versus commerce played out in a quartet of…
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One conundrum in reviewing theater, especially local companies, but even regional leaders, is addressing the balance between production and script. I strive to address both…
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Cock by Mike Bartlett Kitchen Theatre, through March 9 (kitchentheatre.org) Snap! Crackle! Cock, Mike Bartlett’s mad whirling dervish of sex, betrayal, and shifting choices, has…
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“You don’t have to tell me about sadomasochism. I’m in the theater.” So says Vanda (Maddie Jo Landers), the absolutely impossible auditionee in David…
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Heroes by Gérald Sibleyras, translated by Tom Stoppard; Kitchen Theatre, through Sept 22; kitchentheatre.org Some things French: the soufflé, the music of Satie and Faure,…
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Theatre Incognita will launch its fifth season with John Patrick Shanley’s bare-knuckle romance Danny and the Deep Blue Sea. Performances take place Friday and Saturday,…
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