REVIEW: “Urinetown” at the Mac-Haydn Theatre
by Lisa Jarisch Satire? Farce? Social Commentary? Political humor? Ecological & Environmental Propaganda ? Black comedy? Don’t bother trying to slot the Mac-Haydn‘s first-ever production…
REVIEW: “A Chorus Line” at the Mac-Haydn Theatre
by Lisa Jarisch “A Chorus Line” definitely holds a soft spot in my heart. To this day, it remains the first, last, and only show…
COMMENTS: “Still Within the Sound of My Voice” at the Mac-Haydn
by Lisa Jarisch This is not as much a review as it is a thank-you note, Or, as my mother and grandmother would call it,…
REVIEW: “Man of La Mancha” at the Mac-Haydn Theatre
by Lisa Jarisch I have the softest of spots in my heart for Man of La Mancha, having stage- managed a production that will always…
REVIEW: “She Loves Me” at the Mac-Haydn Theatre
by Lisa Jarisch I admit it. I have had a soft spot in my heart for “She Loves Me” since 1977, when I first listened…
REVIEW: “Pippin” at the Mac-Haydn Theatre
by Lisa Jarisch Full Disclosure: After almost 2 years without the pleasure and privilege of being able to enjoy live theatre, I was becoming rather…
REVIEW: “Little Shop of Horrors” at the Mac-Haydn Theatre
by Lisa Jarisch In college I had an English professor who was fond of saying such and such a play, or this, that and the…
REVIEW: “Ragtime” at the Mac-Haydn Theatre
by Lisa Jarisch As a former librarian, I am almost always wont to pronounce “the book was better” or “read the book” when presented with…