Daisey Turns Tragic to Comic at BLAST Theater Festival by Barry David Horwitz Mike Daisey is the U.S.’s most powerful story-teller. He comes out and sits at a table in the spotlight in the darkness at Ashby Stage, and begins to reel us in with a story about visiting a friend in the hospital….
Shepard’s Sexual Tragedy Is Riveting in Revival by D. Marc Capobianco Many theaters stage revivals of plays that have been performed in their earlier repertoire and proven enormously popular, but it’s a rare opportunity to see a play return to the site of its world première. Sam Shepard’s “Fool for Love,” now at Magic…
Michael McKeever Makes Theater Magic by Barry David Horwitz Watch that next step—it could be dangerous. Michael McKeever’s play “Daniel’s Husband” will alert you to unexpected perils, at New Conservatory Theatre Center. The play will open soon in New York, so beware of missing something special. It’s a gay play, sure—but it’s also the…
Tom Stoppard Springs His Magic Spell by Barry David Horwitz For the springtime, Aurora Theatre has pulled “The Real Thing” by Tom Stoppard (1982) out of its bag of tricks to give us the art of that “old dance.” In Stoppard’s famous 1982 play, we get witty love, lustful love, intellectual love, artsy love,…