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‘Marigolds’ Very Well Staged Despite a Thin Central Role

By Martin Jones Westlin | September 3, 2017 | 0

Art and science are inseparable in playwright Paul Zindel’s ‘The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds’ — and in this very good Cygnet Theatre Company production, little Tillie Hunsdorfer is inseparable from life’s truths.

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The Kids Are All Right in Terrific ‘Shockheaded Peter’

By Martin Jones Westlin | May 29, 2017 | 1

Psychiatrist and author Heinrich Hoffmann never figured on the modern-day backlash from his children’s book, designed to scare the daylights out of errant kids. The response is ‘Shockheaded Peter,’ Cygnet Theatre Company’s uniformly outstanding nod to the victims beneath the stories.

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Cygnet’s ‘Rocky Horror Show’: Brilliance Can Come from Anywhere

By Martin Jones Westlin | March 21, 2016 | 0

One man’s rough is maybe another man’s diamond — performance art history is full of shows and artists that under other circumstances would never have seen the light of day. ‘Richard O’Brien’s Rocky Horror Show’ is one of those items that happened along by chance — and Cygnet Theatre Company has exploited this brilliant production for all it’s worth.

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Scrooge Isn’t What He Should Be, but Cygnet’s ‘Carol’ Is a Lot of Fun

By Martin Jones Westlin | December 7, 2015 | 0

It’s better to give than to receive, and that holds for any time of year — but the Christmas season reflects that sentiment better than any other, and Cygnet’s fun ‘A Christmas Carol’ is a nice case in point.

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Uneven Subtext Can’t Sink Cygnet’s Good ‘The Whale’

By Martin Jones Westlin | May 28, 2015 | 0

Charlie was always big, but not like this. Life has fueled his colossal eating disorder — and playwright Samuel D. Hunter gives us plenty of explanation (despite some very faulty subtext) in Cygnet Theatre Company’s good ‘The Whale.’

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Cygnet’s ‘Carol’ Is Fair, But Where’s Fred?

By Martin Jones Westlin | December 9, 2014 | 0

Everybody knows ‘A Christmas Carol,’ wherein the iconic Ebenezer Scrooge plunges into virtuousness courtesy of three dogged apparitions. But Cygnet Theatre Company’s entry this year is a little different. That’s because, all in all, it’s not really that good.

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