Posts Tagged ‘comedy-drama’
Coincidence Rules in Globe’s ‘Shutter Sisters’
There’s a lot of coincidence in Mansa Ra’s world premiere play, Shutter Sisters. Perhaps too much…
Read MoreFaded Glory Celebrates a Blackguard’s American History
Daniel Edgar Sickles’ life should have been a movie – or perhaps a television mini-series…The Sickles story is the equivalent of a blackguard’s American history, and its sweep is all but guaranteed to enthrall…It’s too bad, then, that Tim Burns’ play about Sickles, Faded Glory, now in its world premiere production at North Coast Rep, trades sweep for being shut up with a grumpy old man at the end of his life…
Read MoreThe Impossibility of Recovery in The Motherf**cker with the Hat
Stephen Adly Guirgis’ play, The Motherf**ker with the Hat, performing through June 22 at Cygnet Theatre, is about the impossibility of recovery. No, really. It’s also about an opportunity for terrific ensemble acting…
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