2014

The Gilbert the Great Review

Gilbert the Great Presented by A Broken Umbrella Theatre. Through June 8 at Erector Square, 315 Peck St. Bldg. 5 Floor 2, New Haven Gilbert the Great just can’t stop […]

Theater Jerk Wednesday Funnies

Another handpicked theater-themed comics section. All the items this time are from the impressively retooled King Features comics site Comics Kingdom, to which you really ought to subscribe. (They do […]

WTF: What Theater Feeds

Lewis Black was interviewed on Marc Maron’s WTF podcast last month, and what was talked about most was playwriting. I happen to have interviewed both Black and Maron in the […]

Good Wife Act 5

Now that Michael Cerveris has done a few episodes as “Mr. State’s Attorney,” I think The Good Wife has a higher Broadway quotient than even Smash did. We’re talking Nathan […]

The Brothers Size

Through April 26 at the Yale Cabaret, 217 Park St., New Haven. (203) 432-1566. www.yalecabaret.org By Tarell Alvin McCraney. Directed by Luke Harlan. Dramaturg: Taylor Barfield. Set: Kevin Klakouski. Lights: […]

The We Will Rock You Review

I didn’t expect to be an, ahem, champion of this much-maligned jukebox musical. I remember being in England when it first opened 12 years ago and being alarmed at what […]