REVIEW: “I Am My Own Wife” at Hubbard Hall
by Roseann Cane Born Lothar Berfelde in Berlin-Mahlsdorf, Germany, in 1928, the son of a leader of the Nazi Party, Charlotte von Mahlsdorf recognized early…
REVIEW: “Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley” at Capital Repertory Theatre
by Roseann Cane If “Call me Ishmael” is the most famous opening sentence of an English-language novel, surely “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that…
REVIEW: “The Elves and The Shoemaker” Panto 2018
After two years of good-but-not-great Panto productions, the Pantoloons at the Ghent Playhouse have regained their mojo and are currently tearing up the stage with…
REVIEW: “Casse Noisette” at Bridge Street Theatre
by Barbara Waldinger Casse Noisette, French for Nutcracker and subtitled A Fairy Ballet, is Bridge Street Theatre’s current World Premiere offering. Given these clues, audience…
REVIEW: Callaloo Theatre Company Presents “Uncommon Women and Others”
by Barbara Waldinger Wendy Wasserstein, who passed away in 2006 at the age of 55, wrote several plays about college-educated women of her generation who…
REVIEW: WAM Theatre Presents “ANN”
by Macey Levin Ann Richards has become an almost legendary character in a relatively short amount of time. She was the second female governor of…
REVIEW: “The Glass Menagerie” at Barrington Stage Company
by Macey Levin In 1945, Tennessee Williams gave us The Glass Menagerie which earned him a number of awards and propelled him into his ranking…
REVIEW: “Naked” at the Berkshire Theatre Group
by Barbara Waldinger Many twenty-first century theatre audiences, who expect real life behavior onstage, much like reality TV, may not know how to react to…