Robert Litz

Glennie & Maple Break Up

robert litz · June 21, 2012 uncertified reviewer
Paul Hoan Zeidler, Glennie & Maple's writer/director, has found the immense power of those silently charged moments in any relationship that, depending on what's said or not said, done or not done next will change lives forever. While many plays explore the dynamics of dysfunctional love, this one, fully inhabited by Charles Pacello and Etienne Eckert as Maple and Glennie, navigates turbulent emotional waters I for one have never seen so fully examined on stage. I've been a fan of Zeidler's past ... full review

The God Particle Complex

robert litz · June 15, 2012 uncertified reviewer
How can anyone pass up a scientific tragic farce about super colliders and the Higgs Boson played in flat-out wonderful commedia style by Actors Gang veterans? If you know anything at all about wormholes and subatomic physics, this show will smack your sweetspot. If you don't know dick from jane when it comes to the quantum world, you'll still get it. I happened upon this show by accident. Best mistake I've made in a long time. ... full review

The Women of Tu-Na House

robert litz · June 15, 2012 uncertified reviewer
Nancy Eng gives a knock-out mutli-character performance. There's plenty of totally appropriate raunchy humor in these linked monologues about Asian masseuse sex-workers in New York, but there whole lot more going on here as well. This play connects the dots between historical/cultural events in China and Southeast Asia with the individual lives of these tough, resilient, self-exploiting women. This isn't some weepy sermon on the horrors of sex-trafficking. I may go back and see it again.... full review

Richard Parker

robert litz · June 15, 2012 uncertified reviewer
This is definitely one of the best shows I've seen yet - and I've now seen 14. Do yourself a favor, catch this show that features superb writing and acting from three artists making their U.S. debut after making a big splash at the 2011 Edinburgh Fringe. Very funny, vaguely creepy - a disconcerting look at the nature and signficance of coincidence.... full review