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Review: Hooray for the Pirates
Looking at the canon of work from Gilbert and Sullivan, they’ve had some hits that stood the test of time. Sure, some things are considered to not be so PC nowadays (looking at you The Mikado), but we...
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Review: A Super Bad Trip
As stated in the Playbill, the revue-style show used to fill Broadway but now are a dying breed. And there is a reason for it. It’s called content and artistry. Sure, not everything passes as good on...
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Spotlight On...Bryan D. Leys
Name: Bryan D. LeysHometown: Amherst, NYEducation: BA, SUNY Fredonia, MFA University of ConnecticutFavorite Credits: Won the Michael Stewart Award for lyrics. Why theater?: Musical theatre is the one...
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Review: A Three Part Race and Identity Play
Sometimes a piece of theater starts off so well. The plot is intriguing. The commentary is stimulating. The actors are great. And then a curtain gets ripped down and everything that just came before is...
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Spotlight On...aLyssa Kim
Name: aLyssa KimHometown: Danbury, CTEducation: I tried out that “campus life” thing at University of Connecticut and lasted a semester; I tried out that BFA thing at Marymount Manhattan College and...
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Spotlight On...Jara Jones
Name: Jara JonesHometown: Modesto, CA. Imagine you're playing Pin the Tail on the Donkey, but with a map of California. If you made a blind leap and aimed at the dead center of the state, you'd find...
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Review: The Family Drama Inside the Science Fiction
The science fiction play can be hard to portray on stage. There's usually something amiss in the execution. So how do you create a successful sci-fi play? Ask Mac Rogers. The Honeycomb Trilogy,...
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Review: Have I Seen This Story Before?
Love comes when we least expect it. Even when the situation is immensely predictable. In Joe Godrey's love drama Romance Language, a widow seeks comfort from a younger Italian man who seeks his own...
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Spotlight On...Jerry Rago
Name: Jerry RagoHometown: Hoboken, NJEducation: BFA: London Academy of Music and Drama.Select Credits: Bottom in Midsummer Night's Dream, Lopakhin in The Cherry OrchardWhy theater?: I love the...
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Review: An Exhilarating Rush
Life post Civil War featured a lot of hardship alongside some promise. As America was picking up the pieces, a new frontier of promise opened up when gold was struck. In Rush, Callie Kimball's...
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Review: The Gender-Bending Game of Power
Finding a new lens to tell a classic tale is what can draw an audience in. In Fab Marquee's Macbeth of the Oppressed, adapted and directed by Tom Slot, Shakespeare's Scottish play gets an invigorating...
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The Rulers: A Sneak Peek into Rule of 7x7: All Hallow's Eve-dition
Halloween is just around the corner as is another edition of Rule of 7x7: All Hallow's Eve-dition. Before you head to The Tank, check out the writers for this month's edition!The RulersName: Jon...
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Review: What It Means to Actually Care
There's a time and place to experiment. That place is usually the rehearsal room. In Unhealthy, Battalion Theatre Company decided to give each separate audience a different experience that could alter...
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Review: A Musical Revue From Hell
What if you have a really cool idea but it just gets executed so badly? You get Hell’s Belles, a new musical revue from book and lyricist Bryan D. Leys and composer Steve Liebman. The revue from hell...
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Spotlight On...Carmen Roman
Name: Carmen RomanHometown: Hobbs, New MexicoEducation: Bachelor’s in Theater UCLASelect Credits: Wit at The Goodman Theater. Master Class at Northlight Theater Chicago and tour. Angels in America–...
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Review: The Rockin' Stock Broker
Life grants us experiences that are perfect to talk about. You know, life experience. We’ve all gone through something that could easily be turned into theatrical material. Chris Foley sure did. In Off...
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Spotlight On...Chad Lindsey
Name: Chad LindseyHometown: Saginaw, MichiganEducation: BA in Music from Valparaiso UniversityFavorite Credits:Midsummer at Classic Stage Company, Chekhov Lizardbrain with Pig Iron TheaterWhy theater?:...
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Review: Interpreting Justice
There's a sad reality of workplace sexual harassment but what if it was taken to the extreme. Set against a backdrop resembling the case of ex-CEO of American Apparel Dov Charney, Unseamly, Oren...
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Spotlight On...Robert Murphy
Name: Robert MurphyHometown: Lewis, IowaEducation: Undergrad: University of Iowa (Theatre and Music), Grad: Yale School of Drama (Sound Design)Favorite Credits: This one, so far...Why theater?: Because...
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Spotlight On...Jean Randich
Name: Jean RandichHometown: Brooklyn, NYEducation: BA, MA, Brown University; MFA, Yale School of DramaFavorite Credits: Antigone, Cabaret, The Dispute, The Don Juan Project, Girl Under Grain, Gum, The...
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