Ernest Kearney

A SINISTER, SILLY AND INSIGHTFUL PARODY (OR PERHAPS PARABLE) OF THE AMERICAN ELECTORATE; LAUGHS WITH THE BITTEREST OF AFTER TASTE AND A CHILLING MORAL: BEHIND THE MOCKERY LURKS THE MONSTER.... full review

ARISTOPHANES’ THE BIRDS IS A MOUTHFUL, THAT THIS PRODUCTION DIDN’T CHOKE ON IT AND STILL MANAGE TO SPIT A COUPLE OF WELL AIMED WADS IN THE DIRECTION OF THAT TROLL IN THE OVAL OFFICE IS ENOUGH FOR ME TO RECOMMEND IT. THAT IT WAS ALSO FUNNY IS JUST ICING ON THE CAKE. (WAIT! THAT ISN’T “ICING,” IT’S - DAMN THOSE BIRDS!!!)... full review

BUCHBOOT HAS A LOVELY VOICE, AND HIS SINGING OF SOME SELDOM HEARD YIDDISH CLASSICS WAS A JOY, BUT HE HAS BURIED BOTH HIS TALENTS AND HIS GRANDMOTHER’S POIGNANT TALE IN A TOMB OF THE UNESSENTIAL. ... full review

The weakness in this show is its disjointed narrative arc and a dramatic thrust that is a tad more foible than forte. The strength here is in the performer herself who is talented, clever and packed with promise for bigger and better things. ... full review

BENJAMIN NICHOLSON’S FIRST EVER FRINGE SHOW IS NOT QUITE THERE – BUT THERE IS CERTAINLY AN “THERE” THERE. THE INTELLIGENCE AND CRAFT OF THIS PRODUCTION, AS WELL AS HIS SPOT ON PERFORMANCE SHOUTS OF PROMISE SO LOUDLY THAT TINNITUS IS FEARED. ... full review

MORE COMEDY ROUTINE THAN A STAGE SHOW, IT NEVERTHELESS WORKS BECAUSE SOPHIA DEL PIZZO IS BOTH ENGAGING AND PRETTY DARN FUNNY AND TREATS TO AUDIENCE TO A REALLY GOOD TIME BY TELLING THEM ABOUT HER REALLY BAD TIMES.... full review

SCHOOL OF NIGHT BOLDLY TAKES CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE WHERE NO ELIZABETHAN HAS GONE BEFORE. AN IMMENSELY CREATIVE AND INVENTIVE STAGING MAKES THIS “CLASSIC” THAT YOU WRESTLED THROUGH IN ENGLISH LIT INTO A ROLLER COASTER RIDE WORTHY OF MAGIC MOUNTAIN. ... full review

THE BOURNE IDENTITY BY WAY OF BOLLYWOOD, THE MUSICAL INTERLUDES ARE THE HIGH POINTS, THE DRAMA IS WHAT’S OUT OF STEP….... full review

The story shimmers like a tale of Scheherazade, evoking a lost time and nearly mystical place, which Esquizito conveys with the silken tempo of a sleek cat wandering through a desert mirage. Esquizito’s performance is elegant and ethereal... ... full review

A STRIKINGLY ADEPT BLENDING OF HUMOR AND HORROR AS PERFORMER MARLA BLACK AND DIRECTOR JOHN FLYNN TAKES THEIR AUDIENCE ALONG ON A SKILLFULLY CRAFTED SLED RIDE THAT TURNS DOWN AN UNEXPECTEDLY DARK PATH... full review