by Chris Rohmann | Sep 15, 2011 | Stage
The play has just ended. It was good—talented actors in a convincing production of an engaging script. It wasn’t the most hilarious, moving, stimulating or groundbreaking show you’ve seen this year, but it was solid and enjoyable, and you’re...
by Chris Rohmann | Sep 22, 2011 | Stage
It’s coincidental, but entirely appropriate, that the Theater Project opened its 15th anniversary season at the Majestic Theater last week on the day after what would have been Buddy Holly’s 75th birthday. Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story is the show that...
by Chris Rohmann | Sep 29, 2011 | Stage
Garrison Keillor tells a story from the early days of television, when flickering black-and-white images were luring audiences away from audio-only radio drama. A young boy, asked which he preferred, radio or TV, answered without hesitation, “Radio. Because the...
by Chris Rohmann | Dec 22, 2011 | Stage
I was initially struck by the juxtaposition: a Greek tragedy—and a rather obscure one, at that—performed by students at a community college that I didn’t even know had a theater program. Then, when I saw Euripides’ The Bacchae last weekend at...
by Chris Rohmann | Oct 6, 2011 | Stage
At the end of August, Flat Street in downtown Brattleboro became a free-flowing river as tributaries of the Connecticut, whipped up by Hurricane Irene, ruptured their banks. The New England Youth Theatre, one of the businesses affected by the flood, is “still...
