Tag Archives: Christopher Dreeson
Boca Stage’s Dark Biz Comedy Dry Powder Asks Tough Question
The tense, barbed, well-crafted dark comedy Dry Powder at Boca Stage deals with an age-old question: For what price would you sell your soul? If you don’t believe in souls, substitute the word integrity.
Superb Cast & Direction Triumph In Island City’s Complex, Challenging A Delicate Balance
A nameless terror has upended the fragile homeostasis in Agnes and Tobias’ carefully-ordered uppercrust existence, all the more frightening because its anonymity makes it uncomfortably universal for the audience at Island City Stage’s superb production of Albee’s complex and challenging A Delicate Balance.
Barefoot in rhe Park Still Resonates at PPTOPA
By Mariah Reed Neil Simon’s longest-running hit, Barefoot in the Park opened at the Biltmore Theatre on Broadway on October 23, 1963. It was only the second play Simon had ever written, yet it was nominated for four Tony Awards, …
Damaged Souls Seek Redemption in New City Players’ Water by the Spoonful
How do human beings in extreme pain provide compassion and support for each other when such connections risk even more pain alongside the possibility of resurrection? The answer is depicted in Quiara Alegriá Hudes’ Water by the Spoonful, receiving a strong, ultimately moving production from New City Players.
Empire’s Clemenza & Tessio Fleshes Out Minor Characters And Makes Them Whole
For theater folks and movie buffs, the title is a giveaway, Clemenza & Tessio Are Dead. Those with a knowledge of theater will think of Stoppard’s Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, also Shakespeare’s duo in Hamlet, and movie fans may remember the secondary characters, Tessio and Clemenza, from 1972’s The Godfather film
‘Race’ Is Vital, Engrossing Theater At Main Street Players
In Main Street Players’ riveting, unmissable mounting of David Mamet’s scorching play, Race, director Lowell Williams wastes no time in hammering us with a sadly telling stage picture.
Tennessee’s Stories Sing In Nightingale But Script Rambles
Confessions of a Nightingale spends time listening to Tennessee Williams escorts visitors through a rambling tour of his life. Actor Christopher Dreeson and director Jeffrey Bruce have worked very hard shaping this fascinating material, which is inherently rewarding, but two problems dog the production.
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