‘Vanya & Sonia’: continuous laughter that doesn’t add up
No American playwright has a zanier imagination than Christopher Durang, or has given wilder stage opportunities to actors, but the jokes and the high-energy fun never seem to add up to a coherent...
View Article‘The O’Neill’: 50 years of incubating new plays
The 50th anniversary of the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center in Waterford is being marked by the publication of a wonderful, over-sized book, “The O’Neill” (Yale University Press), that combines archival...
View Article‘Vanya and Sonia…’: terrific ensemble work in Durang hit
Zany and grounded are not usually attributes to be found in the same stage production, but director Maxwell Williams pulls off that feat in the wonderful Hartford Stage season closer, “Vanya and Sonia...
View Article‘Kapow-i GoGo’: ‘Hunger Games’ on acid
First hatched as part of the late-night #serials program at The Flea Theater, “Kapow-i GoGo” has moved on to an extended life at the Peoples Improv Theater. Produced in three 90-minute parts — each...
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