by Charles Kruger Playwright Matthew Lopez is best known for the Obie-Winning drama The Whipping Man, which has had over forty productions worldwide since its 2011 debut. Lopez is the very definition of “up and coming playwright.” The Legend of Georgia McBride is a comedy about a down-and-out Elvis impersonator who achieves success as a drag performer. […]
by Charles Kruger The first question to ask of “Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley” is, of course, whether Jane Austen fans will be appalled or delighted. I can’t read minds of course, but my bet rests with “delighted.” From the Regency period set by Erik Flatmo to the Regency costumes by Callie Floor to the […]
by Charles Kruger Who’s that knocking at the door? You might not want to know . . . Noah Hendriks (Adam Magill) has big problems. The astronomy major has been expelled from his prestigious private college: he smashed all the street lamps on campus in a protest against light pollution. Returning home to his mother’s […]
by Charles Kruger Rating: ****1/2 (For an explanation of TheatreStorm’s rating scale, click here.) Nobody in America who has taken a course on the history of theatre, or subscribed to a theatrical season with any artistic pretensions, has failed to encounter Anton Chekhov. Probably (along with Ibsen) the most influential playwright of the 20th century, his […]
