Given the action detailed in the titular protagonist’s story, Conor McPherson’s The Good Thief would seem suited more for the screen than the stage.
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Category: If You Can’t Make It Here, Make It Anywhere Else
Is This a Theater
Your average theater houses multiple rooms besides the actual house.
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Versus
Seems noteworthy:
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Hunting for the Old Huntington
What better time than the holiday season to re-don my Scrooge costume and rail against old theatres undergoing ahistorical facelifts…
The Merchant of…Montclair?
Site-specific productions are the true double-edged swords of the theatre world.
All The World’s a Stage, and All the Men and Women Merely Selfish Audiences
My main problem with criticism today, both formal and informal, can be summarized in the phrase: “the selfish audience.”
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THE LIGHTNING THIEF: THE PERCY JACKSON MUSICAL
Since The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical – based on a popular young adult book series – is now going on tour, my belated thoughts on its New York City engagement at the Lucille Lortel Theatre earlier this year have become relevant once more:
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THE ROOMMATE (Williamstown Theatre Festival)
Rarely does such a sitcom-meets-Will Ferrel/Adam-McKay premise lead to glorious pedanticism, but playwright Jen Silverman revels in the unexpected.
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DEATHLESS (Goodspeed)
For a musical about a future without death, Deathless feels dissonantly lifeless.
HUNDRED DAYS (The Bengsons; The Public Theater’s Under the Radar Festival) – Tweet of Consciousness
HUNDRED DAYS (The Bengsons; Under the Radar): Yet another "this is our love story" confessional song cycle (with some dialogue thrown in)
— Steven Strauss (@aintnohero) January 14, 2017
Write All Nite 