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"Give me one reason to stay here," crooned Tracy Chapman in 1995, "and I'll turn right back around." A few years earlier, a 7-year-old named Duncan MacMillan embraced the spirit of this lyri…
When Duncan Macmillan and Jonny Donahoe planned to tackle the subject of depression, they decided to avoid more familiar approaches: plays about self-destructive superstars who are too far r…
Reviewed By: Matthew Perta HIGHLY RECOMMENDED Theater that's therapeutic.  That's how I can best describe Every Brilliant [...]
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A refreshing approach to telling stories around mental health, life and the lengths we will go to for those we love, Belvoir presents Every Brilliant Thing starring Kate Mulvany for a limite…
The premise of Every Brilliant Thing might fool you into thinking that it's kin to a "very special" Lifetime Movie of the Week: a boy tries to ease the pain of his suicidal mother and his o…
As charming as the concept is, playwright Duncan Macmillan's focus on a list of brilliant things skirts over the nitty gritty of his own story, and having audience members read off cue cards…
Scott Greer shines in 'Every Brilliant Thing,' back at the Arden, but the play itself only skims the surface of a difficult topic. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Duncan Macmillan’s solo show will begin performances at the Arkansas theatre in January 2019.
TheatreSquared today announced that Liz Callaway-a veteran Broadway performer, Tonynominee and EmmyAward-winner-will take the stage in Northwest Arkansas forEvery Brilliant Thingin January 2…
Actor Ro Boddie admits to feeling "incredibly intimidated" by the challenges of his first one-man show. In Cygnet Theatre's "Every Brilliant Thing," he'll be tackling comedy, drama and impro…
Duncan Macmillan and Jonny Donahoe's play comes to SpeakEasy Stage.
Adrianne Krstansky, a marvelous actress, understandably exhibits signs of the strain of having to carry the entire production on her shoulders.
1. Ice cream 2. Water Fights This is the start of the list that the character of Duncan Macmillan and Johnny Donahoe's play “Every Brilliant Thing” makes for his suicidal mother.…
Madeline Joey Rose's "Mom Baby God" adds to D.C.'s solo shows.
The Narrator (Alexander Strain), stands on the top step of an aisle and says that he has three words for anyone in the audience who is contemplating suicide: his voice lowers to nearly a whi…
Five minutes into the start of Every Brilliant Thing, most of the audience had already cried for the first time – and had laughed aloud. By the end of the show, the entire room s…
A manipulative entertainment that sets out to confuse theater and therapy.
Arden Theatre Company's production of Duncan Macmillan's 'Every Brilliant Thing' counts the ways that loss, and theater, move us. Mark Cofta reviews.
The list began after her first attempt. A list of everything brilliant about the world. Everything worth fighting for. If I were to make a list of every brilliant thing about the world, audi…
Oh my. Every Brilliant Thing is wonderful. It has the biggest heart and the biggest laughs. It is affecting and funny; it is heartfelt and touching. I cannot imagine that you will ever see a…
Every Brilliant Thing is the story of a seven-year-old boy who makes a wish list of everything brilliant thing worth living for in this world to cheer up his mother – from Christopher …
Actor James Rowland has come from the UK to Brisbane – it's his first time in this city, but not the country. Following a week of previews in London, he's here to perform in Duncan Mac…
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Something miraculous happens in "Every Brilliant Thing." Something you might want to include on your own list of life-enhancing pleasures should you follow the lead of the protagonist, who i…
The physical look (as opposed to the Indecent production) isn't convincing, perhaps due to a restrictive budget. Budget may
