by Steve Shapiro
Sun, Sep 20, 2009
The Kansas City Repertory Theatre's presentation of "Into the Woods" under guest director Moisés Kaufman's God-like execution, brings to light the show's bedazzling interplay between the story and the songs. It is not too high praise to say that the intermission is needed so the audience can catch its breath for the second act which builds to its famous finale. (Held over thru October 11)
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by Christopher Guerin
Mon, Sep 14, 2009
In the MET's "Seascape," both sets of mirror-image characters are struggling to come to terms with their relationships and their mortality. Together they form an unlikely partnership brought together by the whimsical nudge of natural - or maybe unnatural - selection.
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by Diane Thompson
Mon, Sep 14, 2009
This everyman, or more aptly put, everywoman, story takes place in an unnamed small Midwestern town outside of "The Cities" in Minnesota during 1969-70. It is a tale of personal and national growth and of discovery told through the lives of Pastor Gunderson, played by Barry Williams (a.k.a Greg Brady), and the four ladies who run the church kitchen.
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