Millennial Notes Whitty & Magruder Challenge Love & Gender Norms by Jordan Freed Does it make a lick of sense to combine Sir Philip Sidney’s 400-year-old pastoral romance Arcadia with the 1980s new wave sound of the Go-Go’s? Not in the slightest. But is it entertaining as hell? You bet! At New Conservatory Theatre…
Michael Frayn’s Geniuses Collide over Nuclear Ethics by Patricia L. Morin Director Bruce Coughran demonstrates his mastery of language and movement, as his powerful cast of three encircle the tiny boardwalk stage at Indra’s Net Theater. Coughran summons the ghosts of these real-life, legendary physicists—Niels Bohr and Werner Heisenberg—to walk the wooden planks in…
Millennial Notes Caryl Churchill Wonders, “Who Are the Witches, Now?” by Jordan Freed At Shotgun Players, the feminist fury of Caryl Churchill’s “Vinegar Tom” cuts through the air like a knife. It’s staggering how current her 1976 play about witches feels in 2019. The spirited music, vibrant choreography, and passionate performances rev up a…
Jane Anderson Touches Parent’s Baffled Suffering by Patricia L. Morin Feisty Isabelle Arc (powerful Sherman Fracher) begins her torture when her impulsive teen-age daughter Joan (riveting Rosie Hallett) claims to have spoken with Saint Catherine. At a testy age, Joan announces that she will fight the invading English army, saying, “I am not afraid…