Carriageworks, July 19 8/10 There’s no Hedwig and the Angry Inch without a star. No, not just a star: a supernova. iOTA first burst into our lives playing Hedwig, and 19 years later it’s Seann Miley Moore’s turn to dazzle us. Hedwig is role in which performers can unleash their…
Category: Theatre Reviews
Wharf 1 Theatre, July 17 7/10 Annie Baker can make a play out of minimal words and minuscule gestures. The effect borders on shock because we’re so used to huge emotions with titanic consequences. You have to readjust; put your antennae on higher alert. Baker wrote two of this century’s…
Hayes Theatre, June 26 6,5/10 Stephen Sondheim’s songs are too rarely lifted from their shows to stand alone, whether on records or in cabarets. They’re variously perceived as being too context-specific, too cerebral or insufficiently melodic. Being Alive is another reminder of how nonsensical this is. Letting his songs bump…