cultural commentary from the desk of Don Shewey
My review of Sam Gold’s environmental production of Uncle Vanya has just been posted on CultureVulture.net. Check it out here and let me know what you think.
I will say that I was late getting around to seeing this production (whose excellent cast includes Merritt Wever, Reed Birney, and Michael Shannon, above), and it’s a revelation. It has been extended but must close August 26. If you’re inclined to order tickets, don’t wait but go here.
My review of Amy Herzog’s 4000 Miles at Lincoln Center Theater’s Mitzi Newhouse has just been posted on CultureVulture.net. Check it out here and let me know what you think.
My review of Denis O’Hare (above) in his adaptation AN ILIAD, directed by Lisa Peterson, has just been posted on CultureVulture.net. Check it out here and let me know what you think. The show has been extended through Sunday April 1 at New York Theater Workshop.
Steve Kazee and Cristin Milioti (with Anne L. Nathan) in ONCE
My review of the new Broadway musical Once has been posted on CultureVulture.net. Check it out here and let me know what you think. I loved the show and highly recommend it.
My review of Robert Askins’s Hand to God — back for a brief return engagement at Ensemble Studio Theatre — has just been posted on CultureVulture.net. I went on the strength of high-powered word-of-mouth about Steven Boyer’s performance as a shy Texan boy whose sock puppet becomes possessed by the devil (see below). Boyer is indeed something to see. As for the play….well, check out my review here and let me know what you think.
another eye opens 