This is a classic tale of boy-meets-girl, boy-marries-girl, boy-cheats-on-and-divorces-girl. Not exactly the best fodder for a musical billed as a love story. So, it might help to bring in a little Aristotle here. In his …
October 30, 2019
Articles by Charlotte Collins
The Last Five Years: an entertaining lack of intimacy
Noura: a non-practicing architect
This is a family drama that takes place in one room over the course of Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. The family — dad, mom, and 11-year-old son — are Iraqi immigrants living in Queens. …
October 9, 2019
Foxfire: Appalachian lore
The title, Foxfire, refers to a project started in 1966 by an English teacher in Appalachia who encouraged his students to hone their writing skills by documenting their family histories and Appalachian lore. They christened …
September 18, 2019
Romeo and Juliet with an eighties dance party
This tragedy starts out looking like a big party. Fair enough. Many big parties end in tragedy. It’s a great party until somebody dies. That’s what I guess director Barry Edelstein is going for with …
September 11, 2019
Pablo Picasso: the King of Trash
One of the most charming scenes in this tri-lingual, one-man show comes when Picasso takes the audience on a tour of his cluttered studio, explaining his dumpster-dive art: his late dog crafted out of a …
August 14, 2019
The Tale of Despereaux: A romping good tale well-told
“The world is dark, and light is precious,” writes Kate DiCamillo in her novel The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread. Where are …
July 24, 2019
The Luckiest: Perfect propaganda
During this production, Aleque Reid (as Lissette) jumps agilely back and forth along the timeline of her debilitating illness. In one scene, she is a vigorously physical, dynamic, healthy woman; in the next, she is …
July 10, 2019
The Old Globe’s As You Like It: Shakespeare that everyone can like
As You Like It is perhaps the Bard’s most delightful play and a perennial crowd pleaser. Cousins and best friends Rosalind and Celia are caught in the middle of a feud between their fathers. They …
June 26, 2019
Lee Blessing’s A Walk in the Woods: the forging of a friendship under stressful, high-stakes circumstances
It defies imagination that two hours listening to two people talking about arms negotiations could be watchable, let alone highly engaging. But playwright Lee Blessing has a keen insight into human nature and a benevolence …
June 12, 2019