Category: Theatre Reviews

May 19, 2025 / Theatre Reviews

Wharf 1 Theatre, May 9 8/10 The greatest roles allow for endless revelations. The corollary is that no Winnie in Happy Days will ever be perfect, any more than any Hamlet will be. The role’s scope is too vast. Despite playwright Samuel Beckett’s best efforts to corral actors into playing…

May 14, 2025 / Theatre Reviews

Ensemble Theatre, May 7 7.5/10 You know when you walk in on an existing conversation, and automatically try to connect threads of what’s being said? These two one-act plays by Harold Pinter are similar to that. No playwright was more influenced by Samuel Beckett, yet where Beckett gave us glimpses…

May 6, 2025 / Theatre Reviews

IRL

KXT on Broadway, April 30 6/10 At a time when the madness and lies of electioneering bedevils us, IRL could almost seem sane. It’s not. I doubt that even a Trumpet of Patriots policy meeting could be crazier. If you can imagine As You Like It crossed with texting argot,…