Tag: theater reviews
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“Clyde’s” at Ground Floor Theatre
Ground Floor Theatre is one of my favorite venues in town. I like the cozy lobby and the chardonnay they offer. I honestly even like going down the outdoor hallway to the bathrooms. I like that parking is easy (if it is a little Wild West in the backside of the buildings). Mostly, I love…
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“Aurora” at Bottle Alley Theatre Co.
Where did we come from? Where do we belong? What if we never find out the answer to either of those? Or what if we do – but only once we’ve realized how nice the place we are is, after all? These are all questions I think Aurora asks, and questions I came away from…
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“Born With Teeth” at Austin Playhouse
Liz Duffy Adams’ play Born With Teeth is predicated on the idea that Will Shakespeare and Kit Marlowe did indeed collaborate on the writing of the Henry VI trilogy, and asks: so, what did they talk about while they worked? “Imagined conversations between two real people” is a well established theatrical genre; Born With Teeth…
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“The Twilight of the Golds” at City Theatre
If you are (like I was until last week) unfamiliar with Jonathan Tolins’ Twilight of the Golds, the main conflict of the story is a woman who contemplates terminating a wanted pregnancy after finding out via experimental in-utero DNA testing that her baby is 90% likely to turn out gay – shocking and offending her…
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“The Ghosts of Christmas Past”: A Staged Reading at Archive Theater
The Ghosts of Christmas Past seems to have had a fraught (though brief) history. It was intended (as a full production) to be Archive’s winter show when they announced their 2023 season, but in the middle of October it was cancelled due to a lack of “spirit/force/resources” and actors. Then three weeks later, the show…
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“Miss Lulu Bett” at Different Stages
Zona Gale’s Miss Lulu Bett was written 100+ years ago, but the script is fresh, rich, and modern. It is maddening and hopeful. It’s been a long time since I have felt such real indignation and frustration for a fictional character. (Maybe since I first read Ella Enchanted 20 years ago?) The brief synopsis from…
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“El Cid” at Austin Shakespeare
At one point in the first act of Austin Shakespeare’s Friday night performance of El Cid, an audience member on stage left started to unwrap a loud snack. The crinkling of the plastic paused, then continued. Paused, then continued. Heads turned from the stage towards the sound. Crinkle, crinkle. A woman a few rows in…