An Angel Begs Forgiveness
✮✮✮✮ Stephen Adly Guirgis's Jesus Hopped the 'A' Train Signature Theatre | NYC directed by Mark Brokaw One man’s justice is another man’s crime. One man’s retribution is another man’s torture. One man’s saviour is another man’s devil. What we do to those on the other side of the law is a reflection on how we view ourselves and how we view morality. America is the home of the imprisoned and the yet-to-be-imprisoned. Liberty and Justice are not for all in this land. We like to
A Feather in Chekhov's Cap
✮✮✮✮ Chekhov's The Seagull Lyric Hammersmith | London directed by Simon Stephens In Sean Holmes’ production of The Seagull the audience are cleverly cast in a vital if silent role: that of the play’s omnipresent lake. We become the backdrop of Konstantin’s experimental play, the place where the titular seagull is shot, the shore along which Nina eventually stumbles back to the scene of her downfall. We are confidants, somewhere for the characters to throw out wry asides, inne
Bitter Humour & Bitter Truth
✮✮✮✮ Tracy Letts' August: Osage county Berliner Ensemble | Berlin directed by Oliver Reese Drugs, alcohol, and deceit. These are the Weston Family’s tools of choice to numb against the many painful truths that surround them. The sudden disappearance of the family patriarch, Beverly Weston, forces an unavoidable gathering and the cross-generational conflict that ensues. The scattered family can hardly come together before jealousy, greed, dishonesty and simple pigheadedness b
