409 stories by "Lemonmeter"
SWEET This wanders a bit from the play itself, although my intention has been to underscore that Little Fish and the fine actors appearing in "Taking Sides" have given us an engaging and tho…
BITTER Despite acting up a gale-force storm, the ensemble is finally unable to lift Miller's language and situations from the earthbound and mundane into something more satisfyingly mythic. …
BITTERSWEET Director Alyson York creates a superb foundation; the pacing is light and quick. The cast demonstrates their thespian skills admirably. The play is charming and funny. The only w…
SWEET Kudos to Adams’ and Harris’ strong commitments to their flawed, volatile characters. How interesting that playwright Harris has written a stronger, meatier, more grounded, …
SWEET The evening is entertaining, fun and will pluck at your nostalgic musical theater heart-strings — if you've got 'em. Jessica Salans – Stage Raw BITTERSWEET Putting it Toget…
BITTERSWEET More problematic (especially for purists) is a sometimes loose directorial rein on the scansion; allowing actors to emote through shifting emphasis may further character insight,…
SWEET However, "Carrie" is a better musical than before, but it’s still not a great one. Gore's tunes are pleasant but, barring Carrie and Mom’s songs, not very individuated, Pit…
BITTERSWEET How favorably you respond to this drama probably depends on how much you care about Jonathan and the issues he has with his Jewish identity. As portrayed by Weiss, under Nicole D…
SWEET All of these ideas have potential. Maybe it could have all come together if the play had a longer run time. (It's 90 minutes and without an intermission). As it stands, this mishmash o…
SWEET The Catherine Wheels Theatre Company's presentation of Lifeboat, an extraordinary tale of survival and friendship, stars Ashley Smith as Beth and Hannah Donaldson as Bess. They are bri…
SWEET Joshua Wolf Coleman's triple-role expertise and Natalie De Luna's dizzy Fanchette complete an ensemble that knows just how far to push for laughs and gets them, resulting in a knee-sla…
SWEET The wonderful Theatre West Company of performers and artists did it again by presenting a very visceral drama with such artistry and passion, that you better pack some tissue paper wit…
SWEET Smart, quirky and always engaging, this seriocomic tour de force explores mysteries of love, existence and human connection with the best precision staging a finely tuned, 12-member pr…
BITTER The delivery also seems off. One shouldn't have to work hard to castigate "pansy publishers in Jew-town," or deem young people "deluded, silly little fuckers"; surely such venom will …
SWEET From that opening, the play's grim trajectory becomes inevitable. That it also proves such a deliciously laugh-packed ride can finally be attributed to the split-second precision of an…
SWEET In a well-paced staging, director Marya Mazor boldly addresses the vagaries of her material. Kaitlyn Pietras' striking projection design ably delineates the shifting milieus, as does P…
BITTER Director Jules Aaron does a workmanlike job trying to give the story some form and structure and interest. He is defeated by the bulk of the amateurish cast who just can't do much mor…
SWEET This play would not have had the impact it had if it weren't for the music and video elements of the play. They added to the energy and excitement of the production. It was ambitous an…
BITTERSWEET The play's dense, fertile symbolism, initially so promising, begins to feel hollow. Like so many dreams, it promises to teach us something but dissolves into a series of compelli…
SWEET Sound designer John Zalewski is responsible for heightening this intimacy through the soundtrack, which is emitted through speakers hidden around the space. The effect is dizzying as i…
SWEET Under Bruce Kimmel's pizzazzy direction, Broadway and regional theater vets Sandy Bainum, Jill Marie Burke, Cynthia Ferrer, Stephanie Fredricks, Dana Meller, and Adrienne Visnic simply…
SWEET Adapted from an anthology of poetry by Edgar Lee Masters, writer and director Maureen Lucy O’Connell blends the poet’s words with traditional songs to create a show that wi…
BITTERSWEET Unfortunately, the rest of the play tends towards the shallow, and is not as appealing. The script morphs into a melodrama, romance and coming-of age tale, with a bit of comic, d…
SWEET A tastefully elegant production of Maltby & Shire’s CLOSER THAN EVER brings the duo’s beautiful and thought-provoking songs to life in the intimate performance space at…
SWEET While Bermingham virtually inhabits the role " fearlessly so " throughout, Quilter's script is the brilliantly penned blueprint of ICT's staging. From it, director John Henry Davis bui…
