Posts Tagged ‘Cygnet Theatre Company’
Cygnet’s ‘Twentieth Century’ Could Use Some Steam
There’s a lot of talent on display on the Cygnet stage. I only wish that the good work had come together more solidly….
Read MoreUnrequited Love Smarts In Cygnet’s Good ‘Stupid F**king Bird’
Love and art basically suck, at least when our sensibilities toward each are locked in mortal competition. Anton Chekhov said as much when he wrote ‘The Seagull’ in 1898 — and today, Cygnet Theatre Company is mounting a good treatise to the same effect.
Read MoreCygnet’s ‘Rocky Horror Show’: Brilliance Can Come from Anywhere
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.
Read MoreInspiration doesn’t hold up in Cygnet’s fair postdiluvian epic
Fish soup is a pretty good remedy for the rainy-day blues, especially when the storm may well be the last. In Cygnet Theatre’s murky ‘When the Rain Stops Falling,’ fish soup is all that’s on the menu — but an overwrought story relegates it to a household curiosity.
Read MoreScrooge Isn’t What He Should Be, but Cygnet’s ‘Carol’ Is a Lot of Fun
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.
Read MoreCygnet Theatre’s Coward Shows: One Down, One to Go
Noel Coward once said that he didn’t look at himself through anybody’s eyes but his own. That’s the mark of an absolutely transcendent farceur — and with a few exceptions, Cygnet Theatre Company proudly presents him as he is in a double bill.
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