Play review
‘Valley of the Heart’ by Luis Valdez in exuberant WWII era production
November 14, 2018"I use the theater not just to enlighten but to touch the hearts of people. If we can touch the heart, maybe we can do something to bring justice to our lives.”
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‘Finks’ and ‘The Little Foxes’: The blacklist echoes through the decades
November 14, 2018"It was perhaps a celebration of human courage in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds. Now, the past the play portrays echoes in our everyday world."
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Fountain Theatre explores disability in Pulitzer Prize-winning ‘Cost of Living’
November 13, 2018Perhaps more than anything, Cost of Living examines the human need for one another, and what we do to get what that need demands of us.
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‘Vietgone’ enacts Vietnamese refugees’ many-sided experience in America
October 30, 2018The fearless Vietgone takes audiences on a rocky 1970s trip across the American landscape with a punchy soundtrack and elements of pop culture.
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‘Radiant Vermin’ and ‘Steambath’ on stage: Goddammit, make your life worth living!
October 24, 2018Two plays, both at the Odyssey Theatre Ensemble, seen a day apart. One a living hell, the other a glimpse of post-mortem limbo.
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