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Walk out of almost any Broadway house, Stratford mainstage, or Fringe venue these days and you’ll likely witness the same scene: everyone rising to their feet, clapping as though they’ve just witnessed something transcendent. It happens so often that it barely registers as a choice anymore. It’s closer to a reflex, something audiences do because […]
Director/adaptor Fiona Sauder has always taken kids really seriously. Or, rather, she takes them at least as seriously as she takes adults. Probably more. As a result, she might be the most reliable creator of quality theatre for young audiences I’ve encountered in my career. Her work never takes kids’ attention for granted but neither […]
The Shaw Festival has had some notable success in recent years with British farce. It’s a good fit for the festival- quick and physical and light while fitting squarely into the mandate that can otherwise sometimes be a bit stiff. But, like tap dance musicals before it, farce has become a bit of a crutch […]
Reuniting the core team from 2024’s One Man, Two Guvnors, this goofy mistaken identity romp is yet another well-executed bit of nonsense that serves a very specific purpose in moderation. Designer Michael Gianfrancesco’s set is so expansive and detailed that you’d swear the Shaw had an infinite production budget. Seven entrances, some hidden some […]
The day before I was scheduled to see Guys & Dolls, I saw two productions back to back that were huge bummers- bad, sort of sad, wildly boring. When lamenting that horrible no-good very bad day, my spirits never fell too far because I knew the next day was Guys & Dolls. A girl needs […]
A swift kick of theatrical intensity, this lean one-act from playwright Adrienne Kennedy receives a calmly unadorned production that stands out for its impact in a lighter-than-average Shaw season. The play is functionally a solo show starring the ever-reliable Sophia Walker as an author guest lecturing at her titular alma mater. While André Morin is […]
Waiting for Godot is a frustrating one for me because, unless something goes really wrong, it’s a pretty standardized piece of theatre. Beckett is famously a dictator with stage directions and design instructions, his estate keen to sue if you make too many creative decisions of your own, so the interpretive work of Godot tends […]
