Director Shawna Lucey’s Sensitive Scenes Stir #MeToo by Barry David Horwitz When Violetta (divine Pretty Yende) has been rejected publicly, all the elegantly dressed Parisian women flock around her. They have been having spats with their men, too, and they rally around Violetta, despite her reputation. The women in bright gowns circle her, protectively,…
Dominique Morisseau’s Temptations Make Us Love Them by Lynne Stevens From the first beat, “Ain’t Too Proud—The Life and Times of The Temptations” lifts us out of our seats. It’s a trip down a memory lane of music with this fast-paced story of the 60s magical quintet. By the end we were all on…
Naghmeh Samini’s Clever Couple Connect at Motel Babel by Barry David Horwitz In 2009, a people’s rebellion broke out in Iran—and thousands challenged the fraudulent election of a right wing president. Afther that, people’s submission to the religious authorities was never enough. It never is—every time you dodge an accusation, another transgression pops up….
Martin Crimp Plays With Our Discomfort by Lynne Stevens Did you ever feel you’re no one special and then learn everyone is talking about you behind your back? That’s what’s happening to Annie. Does she care? Hard to know because we never meet her. At Theatre Lunatico, Director Michael Barr’s interpretation of “Attempts on…