My Eyes Went Dark: From Grief and Unleashed Revenge By Ross It’s a stark black set, a runway of sorts, with audience members on both sides of the slim acting space. Two chairs, and a number of lights are all that graces the stage. This beautifully told tale of utter grief and sadness is slowly … More My Eyes Went Dark: From Grief and Unleashed Revenge
Julius Caesar: Foolish Protesters Need To Read The Play By Ross There has been a great deal of ranting and raving, screaming and shouting going on by the Right about the Public Theater’s Shakespeare in the Park production of Julius Caesar since opening night. They have started to gather outside during performances, chanting and yelling … More Julius Caesar: Foolish Protesters Need To Read The Play
Emily Bowker, Alastair Whatley. Photo by Manuel Harlan. Invincible: The Exciting Secrets of the Neighbors. by Ross Truth be told, I’m not sure I’d want to invite any of these characters into my home for an evening of olives, nuts, and tea. But to be a fly on the wall inside of Emily and Oliver’s … More Invincible: The Exciting Secrets of the Neighbors.
Bella: An American Tall Tale – One Long Ride Along Three Different Routes By Ross There is a big old fashioned style musical being presented over at Playwrights Horizons this early spring called Bella: An American Tall Tale. And it’s quite the story to behold. The lead, an electric Ashley D. Kelley (OSF’s The Wiz) … More Bella: An American Tall Tale – One Long Ride Along Three Different Routes
Animal: Really, You Want to Talk About The Hat?? By Ross Rebecca Hall is one of those actors that fascinates. Her work is surprising in its depth and intricacy, while igniting an unfathomable intimacy with her audience. Sometimes, she mystifies and keeps us at arms length, as she did in HBO/BBC’s “Parade’s End“, but when … More Animal: Really, You Want to Talk About The Hat??
A Hunger Artist: Starvation as Dark Performance Art, Told Hilariously. By Ross Its obvious that Jon Levin, as the performing man of the hour, is transfixed by the subject matter of A Hunger Artist. Much like the writer, Josh Luxenberg who has crafted this compelling and hilarious piece of multi-discipline storytelling about the performative art of … More A Hunger Artist: Starvation as Dark Performance Art, Told Hilariously.
The End of Longing: Longing for the End By Ross Matthew Perry wrote The End of Longing, a new play getting its NYC premiere at the Lucille Lortel Theatre. I’m not sure what the background of the story, nor do I know much about Perry’s own struggle with addiction, but I get the sense that … More The End of Longing: Longing for the End
Ernest Shackleton Loves Me: “Don’t Stop Believing” in Your Inner Optimism By Ross It’s no surprise that one of the characters in this whimsical musical is in a Journey cover band on tour (there will be links to Journey songs throughout this review, forgive me). The whole idea of a ‘not-really-Journey’ Journey cover band is the … More Ernest Shackleton Loves Me: “Don’t Stop Believing” in Your Inner Optimism
The Government Inspector: Far More Than Just Three Stooges in Russia. By Ross Who knew that a play first published in 1836 by a Russian and Ukrainian dramatist by the name of Nikolai Gogol could be so current and hysterically funny today. The Government Inspector written as a satirical play so many years ago skewering corrupt politicians … More The Government Inspector: Far More Than Just Three Stooges in Russia.
The Whirligig: Am I Pointing My Finger at Myself? By Ross There is no getting away from it. The Whirligig is going to be a play about sickness, and maybe even death. That we know from the moment we walk into the theatre and see a young woman in a hospital bed sleeping silently and ever so still. The … More The Whirligig: Am I Pointing My Finger at Myself?
