By Alan Sherrod I strongly insist on telling myself that the state of dramatic criticism has evolved noticeably since playwright Tom Stoppard, a former critic himself, wrote The Real Inspector Hound in the 1960s. Otherwise, his delicious parody of…
Review: Clarence Brown Theatre’s ‘Urinetown, the Musical’
One good rule of theatre: seize comic irony when it falls in your lap. As the audience arrived for the opening night of the Clarence Brown Theatre’s production of Urinetown, the Musical, they had to pass by the theatre’s new…
Review: CBT’s ‘Blue Window’ Explores the Simplicity and Complexity of Everyday Lives
A focus on the ensemble has been a defining—and satisfying—characteristic of the Clarence Brown Theatre season so far—and it continues on that course with Craig Lucas’ Blue Window in the Lab Theatre of CBT. This vehicle, though, is a bit…
‘A Shayna Maidel’ at CBT Lab Theatre 3/26-4/12
Barbara Lebow’s drama of a post-war family relationship following the Holocaust, A Shayna Maidel, runs in the Clarence Brown Theatre’s Lab Theatre from March 26 until April 12. The run is sold-out, but a first-come first-served waiting list will be established 45…