‘Christmas Carol’— A Lovely Show That Just Lacks Chime…..
By Ernest Kearney — David Mynne’s one-man show of Charles Dickens’ "Great Expectations" knocked me off my feet last year.
Unraveled: A Tight Production at the Sherry Theater
By Ernest Kearney — The Collaborative Artists Ensemble’s staging of "Unraveled" by Jennifer Blackmer brings to its audiences a serious, solid piece of theatre that displays the highest of good intentions while exhibiting the
August Wilson’s ‘Jitney’ Provides a Perfect Ride at the Taper
By Ernest Kearney — With his play Jitney, August Wilson provided the book-end for both extremes of his ten-play series The Pittsburgh Cycle, which explores the black experience in the America of the 20th century.
‘Between Riverside and Crazy’ There’s Only a Void
By Ernest Kearney — While watching a stage magician’s performance there is an unavoidable disappointment when one can plainly see the plexiglass boxes beneath the surface of the water he’s supposedly walking on, or when we catch a glimpse of the metal
The Unadulterated Satisfaction in ‘Great Expectations’
The Tvolution is reprinting the following review, in anticipation of the upcoming production of “A Christmas Carol,” playing at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, December 4 through December 8.
‘Defenders’ the Fear Found in the Fjords
By Ernest Kearney — Defenders by Cailin Maureen Harrison is an odd little hybrid, that comes across like M. Night Shyamalan had usurped from Steven Spielberg the direction of Saving Private Ryan. Currently running at The Broadwater in Hollywood, the play is
Matt Ritchey’s ‘Romeo and Juliet In Hell’ Exposes the Funnier Side of Eternal Damnation
By Ernest Kearney — "Romeo and Juliet in Hell," written and directed by Matt Ritchey, currently being staged at the Actor’s Workout Studio is a rough and tough, rather ribald, ride.
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Yorkies of the Baskervilles In Richard Lucas’ ‘The Dog Log’
By Ernest Kearney — In his 1944 play No Exit, Jean-Paul Sartre famously penned, “Hell is other people.” In The Dog Log, the epistolary memoirs by Richard Lucas, I’m sure the author might insist Sartre apply the adjunct “And Yorkies too!”
‘Deadly’—Vanessa Claire Stewart’s Serial Killer Musical Doesn’t Slay You
By Ernest Kearney — Roberta Kathleen Parks, Audrey Nelson, Mary Jo Peyton, Shirley Marie Sherrill, Melissa Anne Smith, Carrie Ann Rois, Kathie Sue Pierce, Steven Tuomi, Shannon Zielinski, Sue Luna, Dorothy Keeler, Emeline Cigrand, Lela Kneiding, John Butkovich, Lisa Levy, Margaret
‘Handjob’ Comes to Grip with some Large Issues….
By Ernest Kearney — "One of the Nice Ones" produced in 2016 by the Echo Theater Company resulted in two accomplishments for its playwright Erik Patterson.