The seventh annual Berkshire Theatre Critics Association Awards, known as the Berkies took place this week, where a total of 27 awards in 22 categories were presented for shows that were produced between Oct. 1, 2022 and Sept. 30, 2023 at theaters in and around the Berkshires. The Sally and Robert Sugarman Award for...
In a new D.C. play, Lincoln’s head goes missing. Cue the laugh track.
‘Monumental Travesties’ at Mosaic Theater Company makes the vandalism of a controversial statue a source of comedy Review by Peter Marks for The Washington Post What says ally-ship quite like a White man with Black Lives Matter emblazoned on his tighty whities? It’s a question you’ve probably never thought of asking. But playwright Psalmayene...
A winning new opera grows in Brooklyn Commons
By George Grella for New York Classical Review The grandiosity of opera culture—the stars, the spectacle, the stage machinery—often obscures the form itself, which depends on the fine details of things like harmony, dynamics, and individual performances to succeed. The great value in small opera companies like On Site Opera is in their smaller...
“The Happiest Man on Earth,” by Mark St. Germain, is an Eloquent Tale of Brutality Turning to Love of Life
There are some stories so brutal and emotionally draining that you fear hearing them. The thing about such painful memories is that when expressed as art they can become tales that are so eloquent you are not only thrilled that you experienced it, but you want everyone to share in the experience. That is...
The Fremont Troll stars in a new play by musical theater duo Justin Huertas and Steven Tran, directed by Ameenah Kaplan
By Roxanne Ray – May 18, 2023 – for the IE Examiner When the International Examiner last checked in with playwright and actor Justin Huertas and composer Steven Tran, they had collaborated on a pre-pandemic musical entitled The Last World Octopus Wrestling Champion and then had worked on a video concept album called Swimming...