by Becca Liss | Jan 22, 2009 | Stage
In a country as big as the United States, the concept of nationalism can sometimes seem enormous, so it might be easier to resort to statism. Of course, the realities of being a Vermonter or a Bay Stater or a New Yorker are always far more complex than a pithy...
by Chris Rohmann | Jan 29, 2009 | Stage
All of Andrea Hairston's plays are about the same thing. That's not a criticism. Over 30 years, her work with Chrysalis Theatre has formed an interconnected series of pieces that converge in recurring themes: violence, racism, women's strength, the...
by Chris Rohmann | Jan 29, 2009 | Stage
Dying City is one of those plays in which secrets and mysteries get unraveled bit by bit in high-octane confrontations and confessions. But at the end of Christopher Shinn's highly lauded play (a Pulitzer finalist last year), when all the plot threads were spun...
by James Heflin | Feb 5, 2009 | Stage
The Internet can do a lot for those who seek arcane knowledge. But if you'd like to spend a weekend munching a lightbulb or swallowing a sword, Dean of the Coney Island Sideshow School Todd Robbins is quite sure that's not the place to start. "You need...
by James Heflin | Feb 5, 2009 | Stage
Playwright Donna Jenson offers a highly personal look at sexual abuse of children with What She Knows, presented for the first time as a dramatic reading this week at Smith College. Jenson reads as the character Francie, and is accompanied by guitarist John Sheldon,...
