Gunderson, Lowdermilk, Kerrigan’s Musical Tells Judges’ HERstories by Barry David Horwitz This stirring spectacle of three women who became Supreme Court justices illuminates the story of American justice. Lauren M. Gunderson shows us how the law progresses and then regresses. “Justice: A New Musical” tells the HERstory of three renowned women: Sandra Day O’Connor…
Millennial Notes Dillon Chitto Combines History with Humor by Erin Weitzman Dillon Chitto’s comedy“Pueblo Revolt” brings to light an unlikely Native American victory over the Spanish Colonial occupation of North America. Set in New Mexico in 1680, Native American brothers Feem (charming Eduardo Soria) and Ba’homa (commanding Steven Flores) hold radically different views about…
Millennial Notes Tom Swift Queries Queer Love, Breaking Comic Boundaries by Kelly Mou “A Marriage” covers lots of territory: two gay lovers, forty-two years, and a hilarious gay nephew. Tom Swift’s touching comedy also challenges realistic theater: The three actors break the fourth wall and take us behind the scenes. Tim Garcia plays a…
Millennial Notes Michael Socrates Moran Invokes Song & Story in Mythic Spectacle by Jeanette Quick “Exodus to Eden,” Michael Socrates Moran’s ambitious new play, breaks new ground in both its staging and its themes of otherness, environmental destruction, and homelessness. The haunting voice of graceful Nkechi Live as an Exiled Angel fills the room,…