By Michael H. Margolin Richard Wagner's "The Flying Dutchman" is a problem opera with its stillborn plot and its slow first act. Still, it has... Continue Reading
The old joke notwithstanding – if you can remember the '60s, you probably weren't there – I don't remember any productions of George Bernard Shaw's... Continue Reading
Strong women in real-life situations are what opened the What A Do season of classics. Set in 1863, "Little Women" is an adaptation by Marisha... Continue Reading
By Michael H. Margolin Plots unfolding within plots, unreality seeping through the cracks of English Edwardian sensibility, the deaths of young women and children, perhaps... Continue Reading
By Carolyn Hayes Verbal communication is supposed to set the human race apart from lesser species, but in practice, it can cause as many problems... Continue Reading
Somewhere there is a fine line between "feast" and "too much of a good thing." At Cornwell's Turkeyville, there is no doubt that the food... Continue Reading
It has an impressive set, striking costumes, capable actors, a classic character (Sherlock Holmes) as inspiration, and a script by a playwright with an enviable... Continue Reading
By Michael H. Margolin "An Iliad," in a version by actor Denis O'Hare and Lisa Peterson, takes Homer's classic, tragic tale and transports its retelling... Continue Reading
By Dana Casadei Black garbage bags covered the first six rows of seats, there were "blood stains" on the curtain made of sheets, and yet... Continue Reading
Energy crackled through every moment of The Jewish Ensemble Theatre's three-hour production of "The Sisters Rosensweig" by Wendy Wasserstein. JET opened its 25th anniversary season... Continue Reading