by Diane Thompson
Tue, Oct 20, 2009
"Are you scared?" Those were not the last words, or screams, uttered by a hand-wringing teenage audience member at Coterie at Night's world premiere of "Maul of the Dead," a spoofy tale of apocalypse and hilarity with blood spatter a-plenty.
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by Christopher Guerin
Tue, Oct 20, 2009
"Spring Awakening's" music - executed masterfully by the cast - is haunting and mesmerizing, drawing the viewer inexorably into the emotional turmoil. The more nuanced pieces evoke a Sondheim-esque aura, while other aspects reminded me, stylistically, of the great Neil Finn of Split Enz and Crowded House.
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by Steve Shapiro
Mon, Oct 19, 2009
The echoes of a life that reverberates around the world haunts David Cale's monologue "Palomino." In this world première, which opened Friday night on the Kansas City Repertory Theatre's Copaken Stage, Cale, acting, writing and self-directing, provides a funny, at times sentimental, at times almost cinematic, ultimately indelible performance as several characters, both male and female, who find themselves connected by six degrees of separation and desires.
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