All posts tagged "Reviews"
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‘Passing Strange’ Review: Growing Pains and Epiphanies
Signature's 'Passing Strange' serves up a satisfying stew of rock concert and musical-comedy led by the soul-stirring Deacon Izzy.
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‘Carmen’ Review: Lost Angels
Reimagining the classic tale as a modern cross-border romance, Benjamin Millepied's 'Carmen' dances to its own sensuous beat.
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Jordy’s ‘BOY’ Review: Vibrantly Queer
With 'BOY,' Jordy is determined to be the queer artist he wished he could have heard on the radio as a kid.
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‘Tiny Beautiful Things’ Review: Mother Ship
Hulu's 'Tiny Beautiful Things,' based on Cheryl Strayed's advice column, will make love Kathryn Hahn even more that you already do.
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‘Jennifer Who is Leaving’ Review: Life on Earth
'Jennifer Who Is Leaving' is a refreshing reminder that not all great theater has to break transgressive ground or shock.
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‘The Confessions of Frannie Langton’ Review: Dangerous Liaisons
Britbox's 'The Confessions of Frannie Langton' is a haunting miniseries that unfolds with a gorgeous seriousness of purpose.
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Fruit Bats: ‘A River Running to Your Heart’ Review
The latest album from the Fruit Bats contemplates the meaning of place, daring us to do the same.
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‘Les Miserables’ Review: Rebel Yell
Impressive singing and stagecraft spark a lit and lively 'Les Miz' at the Kennedy Center.
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‘Beau is Afraid’ Review: Mommy Issues
If you like vivid nightmares driven by existential depression and crushing grief you will love 'Beau is Afraid.'
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‘On the Far End’ Review: Justice Served
Playwright Mary Kathryn Nagle ably carries 'On the Far End' with a commanding solo performance as Muscogee leader Ella Jean Hill.
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‘Beef’ Review: Enraged
'Beef' bills itself as a comedy, but it works better as a drama about the burning anger we confront in everyday life.
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‘Sweeney Todd’ Broadway Review: Pop Goes the Bloodshed
Recording artist Josh Groban leads a solid cast in Broadway's riveting new revival of a classic American musical.
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‘Renfield’ Review: Drained
Nicolas Cage plays the infamous Count Dracula in 'Renfield,' an overcooked clash of genre and tepid grasps at modernization.
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‘Unseen’ Review: Trauma Central
Mosaic's 'Unseen' captures nuances of bearing witness to war and suffering, but its heroine doesn't come fully into focus.
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‘Mafia Mamma’ Review: Mafia Miss
Toni Collette's madcap mob comedy 'Mafia Mamma' is drowning in blood and bullets instead of laughs.
