cultural commentary from the desk of Don Shewey
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.
My review of Eugene O’Neill’s Early Plays, the collaboration between Richard Maxwell’s NYC Players and the Wooster Group at St. Ann’s Warehouse, has just been published on CultureVulture.net. Check it out here and let me know what you think.
My review of Gob Squad’s Kitchen (You’ve Never Had It So Good) at the Public Theater has just been posted on CultureVulture.net. Check it out here and let me know what you think. I went in a little dubious about this show, which centers on recreating a number of Andy Warhol’s films from the mid-’60s, but came away impressed with its ingenuity.
My review of Temporary Distortion’s Newyorkland at the Baryshnikov Arts Center (part of P.S. 122’s COIL festival) has just been posted on CultureVulture.net. Check it out here and let me know what you think.
The sound score for the piece is available for streaming or downloading from Temporary Distortion’s website — nice work by John Sully.
My review of Manhattan Theatre Club’s excellent Broadway revival of Margaret Edson’s justly acclaimed play Wit, starring Cynthia Nixon, has just been posted on CultureVulture.net. Check it out here and let me know what you think.
The production doesn’t obliterate my strong memories of the original 1998 New York production starring Kathleen Chalfant (see my review of that production here) — nothing could — but it’s very good, and I highly recommend it.
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