Familiar but Powerful Skeleton Crew
January 28, 2022
When patrons enter the Samuel J. Friedman Theater for Manhattan Theater Club’s Broadway premiere of Dominique Morisseau’s Skeleton Crew, they are greeted with prominent signage as part of Michael Carnahan’s ultra-realistic industrial set. The paper ...
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Luminously Acted Sun, Overbaked Fairycakes
November 9, 2021
The content of Simon Stephens’ Morning Sun is not extraordinary, earth-shaking, or even that unusual. He seems to be aiming for a portrait of universal humanity through one ordinary life, much like Thornton Wilder’s Our ...
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Page to Stage: Lucy Barton, Woman in Black
January 29, 2020
Adapting a novel to the stage is a tricky business. A play needs to have a central action executed within a playing time of a few hours while a novel can be a rumination on ...
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