Category: Theatre Reviews

June 8, 2025 / Theatre Reviews

Reginald Theatre, May 31 7/10 Eureka Day is a satire to make you squirm more than laugh. Exaggeration is almost non-existent, the corollary being that naturalism is ratcheted up to the point where it can seem like spying on real people more than watching a play. Playwright Jonathan Spector takes…

May 29, 2025 / Theatre Reviews

Old Fitz Theatre, May 25 9/10 Although Alex never appears, Tenkei, a Buddhist nun, speaks for us when she tells Mary Jane, Alex’s mother, “I see him very clearly.” Alex, two-and-a-half years old, has been riddled with critical medical conditions since birth. Mary Jane has split with the father, and…

May 27, 2025 / Theatre Reviews

Hayes Theatre, May 14 7/10 When, during the first half, Pepa, the protagonist, accidentally set fire to her bed (as in Pedro Almodovar’s film on which this is based), the fire blazed up so dramatically that I glanced at the emergency exits. Pepa duly put it out, but I doubt…