Zesty and full of hairpin turns
The biggest takeaway is the brilliance of the lyrics. “The Last Five years” uncorks 15 songs in 90 minutes, all by the Tony-winner Jason Robert Brown, and any one of [...]
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Posted June 06, 2017in Center online exclusive
Posted May 18, 2017in Center online exclusive
Shock and awe
StageWest is going out with a bang. The fireworks of “Hir” put an exclamation point on the company’s final year, before it’s absorbed into the larger Iowa Stage Company. This [...]
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Posted March 20, 2017in Center online exclusive
Chock-Full O’Nuts
Everyone knows Mel Brooks made some of the funniest movies ever, and “Young Frankenstein” may rank right at the top. But when you see the stage version at the Playhouse, [...]
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Posted March 06, 2017in Center online exclusive
The Game of Thrones, with whiskey and pills
When I say one of the best moments onstage was incomprehensible, I mean it as a compliment. Director Matthew McIver has brought off a wow of a show in “August: [...]
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Posted February 03, 2017in Center online exclusive
‘Well played, old sport’
Benjamin Sheridan has delivered the sort of supporting performances that put the leads in the shade. Last fall, in “Death of a Salesman,” his turn as the title character’s older [...]
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Posted November 18, 2016in Center online exclusive
Agony and magic
The excitement that lights up “Ugly Lies the Bone” takes many forms, but it all starts with the script. Playwright Lindsey Ferrentino, though still in her 20s, has already picked [...]
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Posted October 31, 2016in Center online exclusive
Girls gone wild — and wrinkled
The opening night of “Calendar Girls” was sold out, and some of the reasons were obvious. The comedy makes for an amiable night, like its source, a date flick from [...]
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