by Emily Edelman Oldcastle Theatre Company’s current offering is “Fully Committed,” a one-person show written by Becky Mode revolving around struggling actor Sam, played by Allyson Boate, and set during a rather frantic shift at Sam’s day job of making reservations at an upscale restaurant. Boate takes on the roles…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, December 2008 Somewhere along the joyous roller-coaster ride that is the Barrington Stage production of This Wonderful Life I gleaned the following: It’s not about Christmas, its all about money. The “it” in question is Frank Capra’s iconic 1946 film It’s a Wonderful Life which, although it is habitually…
by Gail M. Burns, February 2007 Barrington Stage is serving up the perfect theatrical diversion for these cold and dreary February days – an hilarious and well-done staging of Becky Mode’s Fully Committed – a one-man show about a hopelessly harried reservations clerk at an impossibly chic Manhattan restaurant. Mode is credited…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, September, 2003 Watching an actor perform a one-person show is like watching an athlete, let’s say Lance Armstrong competing in the Tour de France. Can he do it? Will he fall? If so, will he be able to get up and continue? What unforeseen obstacles…
