Ed Rampell
LATEST ARTICLES BY Ed Rampell
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‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’ play review: A soulful and haunting must-see performance
September 2, 2026One of the best mountings of August Wilson’s 10 “American Century Cycle” plays.
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‘Conscience’ play review: Great political art focusing on McCarthyism of past and present
August 31, 2026The play also deals with topics like homophobia, alcoholism, power discrepancies in relationships and feminism.
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‘Enemy of the People’ theater review: Topical adaptation loses none of its bite
August 25, 2026The new adaptation has much relevance in a world where those in power manipulate the truth.
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‘Matt and Ben’ theater review: Ancient Greek and the absurd collide for clever comedy
August 11, 2026Aeschylus meets Beckett in the show biz Odyssey of Damon and Affleck.
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‘The People of Pompeii’ theater review: A relevant, hard-hitting tragicomedy
August 3, 2026The exploration of relationships in the wake of California wildfires forges a volcanic stage experience.
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‘Applause’ musical review: An impressive revival
July 29, 2026Some might find parts of the show outdated, but overall the musical has lots of energy and talent.
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‘Waiting in the Wings’ theater review: Women led play boldly tackles taboos on death and old age
July 22, 2026Playwright Coward showed courage going against the grain with a woman-centered play about those ultimate taboos: Death and old age, especially afflicting those whom Simone de Beauvoir dubbed “The Second Sex.”
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‘The Great Clown Bank Show’ theater review: A satirical takedown of the capitalist class
July 6, 2026Through the lens of a circus, it deliciously and maliciously pokes fun at those penny-pinchers who make life so unbearable and miserable for the rest of us, from mass layoffs to financial scams.
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