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Charley’s Aunt | 06.14—06.16, 06.28—06.30

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Written by Andrea Braun Tuesday, 18 June 2013 23:08

Charleys Aunt ACT-INCI figured I wouldn’t like it. Well, like Baby’s father says to Johnny Castle at the end of Dirty Dancing: “When I’m wrong, I say I’m wrong.”

 

Six Degrees of Separation | 06.06—06.22

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Written by Andrea Braun Tuesday, 18 June 2013 20:08

StrayDog6Degrees31E 75The most memorable thing about Six Degrees, I’m afraid, is its spawning of the game “Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon,” in which celebrity connections are made. That is fun; the play, I’m sorry to say, is not.

   

King Lear | 06.07.13–06.23.13

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Written by Andrea Braun Friday, 14 June 2013 17:30

King-Lear 75It just has a whole lot of words, words, words. But they are such beautiful ones that we can forgive the length of some scenes that almost beg to be cut down.

 

Anything Goes | 05.28.13

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Written by Janet Rhoads Saturday, 08 June 2013 16:59

anythinggoes 75From the minute Rachel York took the stage, she was as dazzling as the sequins on her first costume.

   

Schlemiel the First | New Jewish Theatre

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Written by Andrea Braun Wednesday, 22 May 2013 21:32

NJTSchlemiel-75Schlemiel decides there must be two Chelms in the world and that he has found the second, complete with a wife and children who look exactly like his.

 

Stupefy! The 90 Minute Harry Potter | Magic Smoking Monkey

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Written by Andrea Braun Tuesday, 14 May 2013 21:21

stupefy 75Much of the fun in a Monkey show has to do with comments and asides that have nothing to do with the source material—or at least not much.

   

Maple and Vine | HotCity Theatre

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Written by Andrea Braun Wednesday, 08 May 2013 19:45

mapleandvine sqNo little piece of cloth has elicited so much emotion since Desdemona’s, but there’s no shouting here—just the profound silence of deeply felt pain.

 

Million Dollar Quartet | Fox Theatre

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Written by Andrea Braun Wednesday, 24 April 2013 20:03

mdq 75It’s because of Sam Phillips that we had them all.

   

Waiting for Godot | St. Louis Actor’s Studio

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Written by Andrea Braun Sunday, 21 April 2013 19:51

godot sqWe live the central conceit that we have the same experiences over and over, to no end that we understand.

 

Jane Eyre | Mustard Seed Theatre

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Written by Andrea Braun Monday, 15 April 2013 20:07

janeeyre 75The actors set the mood from the beginning, when Jane enters, holding a candle and singing a lament about a “poor orphan child.”

   

Conviction | New Jewish Theatre

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Written by Andrea Braun Tuesday, 09 April 2013 20:57

conviction 75The play’s genesis does disprove the old canard about too many cooks, because this is a rich and satisfying broth, indeed.

 

The Whipping Man | The Black Rep

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Written by Andrea Braun Sunday, 24 March 2013 13:13

whippingman 75Matthew Lopez has written an absorbing examination of this time and these men as its representatives.

   

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