Tag Archives: Island City Stage
Ambition Never Looked So Good As In Ruthless!
Island City Stage’s Ruthless! The Musical fires on all cylinders, literally everything clicking be it the cast, the direction, the design, the music, the choreography, or the costumes. This is theatrical excess in the best, and worst, way: is a perfectly choreographed train wreck, and that’s a compliment.
For Better (But Not) Worse ‘At The Wedding’ on Island City
Anyone who has been invited to, and maybe even attended, the wedding of an ex-love knows how emotional and triggering the event might be. And therein is where the comedy lies in Island City Stage’s At The Wedding
Fat Ham Redux Amped Up In GableStage’s Turn With BBQ Alongside Will Shakespeare
Island City Stage’s production of Fat Ham last month was funny, topical, engaging. But in its co-production at GableStage this weekend, four weekends of performances and two subsequent weeks of fine-tuning have generated a significantly amped up edition that vibrates with dynamic energy.
Comic ‘Fat Ham’ Echoes Hamlet Thru African-American Prism
Fat Ham, which tells of a young gay man at his Black family’s contentious backyard barbeque, is basically a huge grin. The fact that the ingenious plot intentionally echoes Hamlet does not cover up that this is simply a fun farce.
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.
Die Mommie, Die! Over-the-Top Hilarity on Island City Stage
When is the last time you went to the theater and enjoyed two hours of pure unadulterated fun and sheer frivolity? Die Mommie, Die! is that rare breed of entertainment that exists just for the camp of it. Trust us when we say there’s no message here. And that’s just the way it should be in Island City Stage’s production.
Pulp is Sexy, Steamy Play With Music About Lesbians In The 50s
Pulp at Island City Stage is a a fulfilling production takes place in 1956. Certainly, it was a time when “people of a certain ilk” mostly kept themselves in the closet for fear of serious consequences and perhaps embarrassment. So, you have to admire the heroinefor being so upfront about her identity.
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