The Magician Review
The Magician Written and directed by Drew Gray.Through March 15 at the English Market Building, 839 Chapel St., New Haven. A lot of noise has been made about […]
The He Left Quietly Review
He Left Quietly Through March 1 at the Yale Cabaret, 217 Park St., New Haven, (203) 432-1566, www.yalecabaret.org By Yaël Farber. Directed by Leora Morris. Set: David Clauson. […]
The Small Room at the Top of the Stairs Review
The Small Room at the Top of the Stairs Through Feb. 15 at the Yale Cabaret, 217 Park St., New Haven. (203) 432-1566, www.yalecabaret.org By Carole Fréchette. Directed […]
A Hedda for Alcohol
The Yale school of Drama production of Hedda Gabler (reviewed by me for the New Haven Independent, here) was noteworthy for a number of convincing details and character traits brought […]
The Defendant Review
The Defendant Through Jan. 25 at the Yale Cabaret, 217 Park St., New Haven. By Elia Monte-Brown. Directed by Uahya Abdul-Mateeen II. (203) 432-1566, www.yalecabaret.org The Defendant wants to […]
CNN Says Arts & Ideas is the top “something fun to do” in Connecticut in 2014
The CNN Travel website did a new year’s piece picking “a travel suggestion for each of the 50 states.” You can read it here. The Connecticut pick is New Haven’s […]
The Shubert Switcheroo
The city’s time in show business might be over, but the Shubert Theater’s run is nowhere near done as it comes under new ownership and gears up for its 100th […]
Afterlife of Accidental Death
So I saw Accidental Death of an Anarchist at Yale Rep again. My overlong, overthought, original review of the Dario Fo play, directed by Christopher Bayes and starring Steven Epp, […]
The Bound to Burn Review
Bound to Burn Through Dec. 7 at the Yale Cabaret, 217 Park St., New Haven. (203) 432-1566, www.yalecabaret.org Conceived by Rob Chikar. Directed/choreographed by Chikar with Alyssa Simmons. Producer/Stage […]
Mamma Mia! It’s Michael Colavolpe!
Michael Colavolpe is doing a show this weekend. For years, in New Haven in the 1980s, ‘90s and a bit of the ‘00s, that was a common statement. Colavolpe […]