Posts Tagged ‘Elisa Benzoni’
NCR’s ‘Same Time’ Still Credible as Romantic Comedy
Same Time Next Year’s premise titillates mildly, but its relational dynamics ring true enough for contemporary sensibilities.
Read MoreNorth Coast Repertory Theatre’s Amazing Necromancy: Damon Runyon and Frank Loesser’s New Musical
Mark Saltzman has crafted “Another Roll of the Dice,” a new musical theater pastiche based on several Damon Runyon short stories and interlaced with a dozen previously unconnected Frank Loesser songs. Long on nostalgia and short on dramatic depth, it is nevertheless an effervescent entertainment.
Read MoreFair to middlin’ ‘Walk in the Woods’ Is a ‘Zoo Story’ for the Trump-Putin Age
The nuclear age comes wrapped in a sea of pacts, treaties, eleventh-hour phone calls, banner headlines, gleaming host cities, worn-through bargaining tables, heartfelt promises and outright lies. Lee Blessing’s ‘A Walk in the Woods’ tries to explain some of it — but the current North Coast Repertory Theatre entry doesn’t know which part it wants to play.
Read MoreNCR’s Excellent ‘All in the Timing’ Fêtes the Genius of David Ives
If nothing else, the human condition is an incredibly generous entity, serving up endless degrees of humor at the drop of a hat. North Coast Repertory Theatre’s excellent ‘All in the Timing,’ in which David Ives chronicles this rather wry observation, is an ideal example.
Read More595 Doors Herald the Mood in NCR’s Well-Conceived ‘Moon Over Buffalo’
One look at the set for Moon Over Buffalo, the current North Coast Repertory Theatre showbiz send-up, and you know what’s in store for the duration. About 48 1/2 doors line its perimeter, all ripe for the slamming; and if that doesn’t foretell a high farce, little else does. The story peaks a crumb too…
Read MoreThe Bigger Picture Is Missing in NCR’s Unanchored ‘Always… Patsy Cline’
Patsy Cline, as much as anyone, fueled ‘50s and ‘60s country music into a major genre as rock commanded the music scene — even so, Cline harbored a dark side in her private persona. ‘Always… Patsy Cline’ is aboard right now at North Coast Repertory Theatre, but the piece heralds only what playwright Ted Swindley wants you to see.
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