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As his two characters quibble endlessly about definitions and word choices, Dykstra sneaks in some incisive political commentary and arrives at conclusions both commonly held and rarely spok…
Political satire goes down better with loud music and vulgar lyrics. It also helps to have the bitter political truths delivered by manic clowns in funny costumes, taking spills on a 19th ce…
Does a white businessman owe a poor black laborer an actual sum of money? Can a racially charged murder ever really be forgiven? With adroit direction from New Group a.d. Scott Elliot, Bruce…
The quiet self-confidence of Shawn's singular dramatic voice allows him literally to tell a story that keeps the beguiled audience hanging on his words.
Despite considerable incident and bloodspilling, play's predisposition to philosophize at the drop of a helmet inspires more intellectual curiosity than emotional involvement.
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Political satire goes down better with loud music and vulgar lyrics. It also helps to have the bitter political truths delivered by manic clowns in funny costumes, taking spills on a 19th century vaudeville stage. You can't miss the outrage fueling Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson: The Concert Version, the made-in-madness collaborative effort of writer-director Alex Timbers and composer-lyricist Michael Friedman. But served up with absurdist humor, the show's scathing views of the populist "frontier president" (and the worshipful rabble who elected him) leap historical boundaries, attaching themselves to many an American idol—and a multitude of idiotic electorates.
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New stage adaptation also stars Joseph Cross
Bradley Cooper, Jayne Atkinson and Judith Light are among the actors who have signed on to appear in the 2009 mainstage season at the Williamstown Theater Festival.
There's no question that the timely crash of the global economy has made "The Dishwashers" more pertinent. But this painfully enjoyable show also alerts us to the fact that we may be ready f…
While no rival to Barbara Cook, Daly breezes through 18 songs with ease.
Despite the palpable exertions of director and cast, making the personal drama fit the political thesis proves a losing battle, probably because it's so obvious that Thiessen concocted the l…
