NKU’s “Seussical” Brings Out its Audiences’ Inner Child
Review by Lisa Gapultos of Seussical: Northern Kentucky University Through his popular collections of illustrated children’s, Theodore Seuss Geisel – better known as Dr. Seuss– created a colorful world, populated by characters like Sam I Am, The Grinch, Things One and Two, and Red Fish and Blue Fish. Seussical,...
“Mystery Plays” at Falcon will Haunt You
Review by Alan Jozwiak of The Mystery Plays: Falcon Theatre Our story lies between the House of Secrets and House of Mystery. So says the interlocutor (Leah Strasser) at the beginning of Robert Aguirre-Sacasa’s The Mystery Plays, now showing at Falcon Theatre. This dark brooding play on the mysteries...
Diogenes’ Freshens up Farce with “Relatively Speaking”
Review by Erica Minton of “Relatively Speaking”: Diogenes Theatre Company Relatively Speaking, a frothy comedy of errors by Alan Ayckbourn, opened this week at Diogenes Theatre Company. The play’s foursome is well cast. Married couple Philip and Sheila are hysterical in the hands of Robert Pavlovich and Abby Rowold....
Diogene’s “Relatively Speaking” is Fun and Frothy
Review by Doug Iden of Relatively Speaking: Diogenes Theatre Relatively Speaking opened at the Diogenes Theater and (relatively speaking) is a funny although somewhat dated show. Penned by Alan Ayckbourn, the British Neil Simon, this is a very British bedroom farce filled with confusion, mistaken identity and countless misunderstandings....
Diogenes to Cook Up Some Laughs with “Relatively Speaking”
Sneak Peak by Prabir Das of Relatively Speaking: Diogenes Theatre Company Diogenes Theatre Company opens its 2015-16 season with Alan Ayckbourn’s comedic masterpiece Relatively Speaking at the Aronoff Center’s Fifth Third Black Box Theater, November 11 through November 22, 2015. Following the terrific success of a full blown 2014-15 debut...
Play Along with the Game at Carnegie’s “Sleuth”
Review by Sheldon Polonsky of Sleuth: The Carnegie Theatre In today’s world of fast-paced action movies and special effects, it is refreshing to relax to an old-fashioned English mystery that takes its time to build in suspense and anticipation. That’s exactly what you get with The Carnegie Theatre’s production...
Carnegie’s “Sleuth” Gets Lost in Twist and Turns
Review by Donna Hoffman of Sleuth: The Carnegie Theatre The detailed, handsome set by Ryan Howell with antique and novelty props by Adam Hambrick, Mary Clare Quinn, Maggie Perrino, and Clare Jaymes accompanied by Baroque music chosen by the sound designer, Jason Sebastian, raised my expectations of Sleuth by...
Falcon’s “Mystery Plays” is Supernaturally Compelling
Review by Laurel Humes of The Mystery Plays: Falcon Theatre Do you know about sin eaters? You will after seeing The Mystery Plays at Falcon Theatre in Newport. The show, two loosely related one-acts, delves into issues of violent and unexpected death, after-life, and the reactions of the people...