David MacDowell Blue

It sounds so simple, so fun and entertaining and not much else. Not that we should object to such, not at all! But Vixen de Ville Revealed proves a lot more. An anthem for those timid about their own ambitions? Yes. A laughing shriek of defiance at those to seek to limit or define us? Oh, yes indeed! A multi-talented performer giving a spectacularly personal show? Again, very much yes! I highly recommend this self-portrait in performance, complete with magic tricks and burlesque, fire-ea... full review

A bittersweet tale of a life not yet complete--a musical artist looking back in equal parts at her dreams, loves, losses and disappointments. Sam Shaber does a find job of touching our hearts, and showing us how music can both celebrate joy and help heal our wounds.... full review

In the space of a simple theatre stage, people turn around and in a kind of kaleidoscope speak to someone in their lives--thanking them. They pretend for the moment we are their 'other' and so we have a mystery to solve. But then so do all the characters, who are not characters. They are themselves, the real actors who among other things recognize they are also characters.... full review

Fundamentally this lets individuals tell important life stories in a kind of rotating reader's theatre. At its best the result are flashes of healing, insight and melancholy truths. ... full review

In the moment when all other things are stripped away, we face ourselves--what we do, what we feel, how we react. THIS is the substance of this marvelous two person play taking place after the end of the world. What happened? We don't know. It doesn't matter what happened to the world. This world is now a man and woman who are supposed to love each other. ... full review

I am a huge sucker for mythology of all kind, and delving deeper into the ideas of same. So this is just candy for my imagination! I do think it needs some work, though. I wanted a longer piece--not that much longer but some. ... full review

Imagine a burlesque combination of "Shakespeare in Love" with "The Rocky Horror Show" and you have this! Delightful, baudy, with every performer giving 110% the whole premise of William Shakespeare having this elaborate dream after a night in a whorehouse, a dream in which all his future plays more or less wander in (and usually take their clothes off). Over the top? Oh yes! And that was the point!... full review

A delicious brew of humanity--humor, surprise, tragedy, love and hate, foolishness and wisdom, insight and some madness. All performed with vast skill by the cast. ... full review

Sometimes you just want to smile and laugh and enjoy. Yeah, I love me some dark angst and horror but this show DID make me smile, and laugh, and I enjoyed it a lot! I almost got up and danced!... full review

At heart, the thing I most desired to see--a sense of genuine empathy with the title character--never materialized. Which is perhaps totally personal to be fair. Nor did he come across as particularly interesting despite quiet, firm competence (coming from me, that is NOT a put down) on the part of everyone as far as I could see. Methinks the subject matter offered too much of a challenge for what I looked for.... full review