First off, thanks to the pre-show announcement, we were forewarned about the use of strobe lights, surprises, and maybe a jump scare as part of Oak, now onstage at Alleyway Theatre. Theatre Companion was thusly prepared when yours truly reacted thusly. Terry Guest's script is part allegory, part folk tale, and a reinterpretation of a … Continue reading Oak is Solid at Alleyway
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The Cottage: What’s Old is New Again and it’s Hysterical
Sandy Rustin's The Cottage takes the best of a classic British farce, folds in some more contemporary ideology, and comes up with something so incredibly funny, Noel Coward would not have imagined it. It's onstage now to September 27 at Alleyway Theatre and it's a superb way to launch its 46th season, with a good … Continue reading The Cottage: What’s Old is New Again and it’s Hysterical
Alleyway Theatre Delivers a Master Class for Mystery
When I arrived at the Alleyway Theatre, I was given a form for lack of a better term, which listed some information about the production. It lists the names of the performers, etc and directed me to go to the website for more information. Well, when I arrived at the website there were pictures of … Continue reading Alleyway Theatre Delivers a Master Class for Mystery
Alleyway’s 45th Season Catches a Big Wave
Surf’s Up on Alleyway Theatre’s 45th season and it’s cresting on a big wave with Wipeout by Aurora Real De Asua. The first thing you’ll notice when you enter the house is that the stage and house are turned 90-degrees to create a much wider set. Since the 95-minute show is set in the Pacific … Continue reading Alleyway’s 45th Season Catches a Big Wave
The Folks At Home at Alleyway
A Pew Research Center study cited that more than 50% of young adults live with one or both of their parents. The numbers are a little hazy of the number of parents who move in with their young adult children who are facing their own relationship and housing crises. Mom and dad and mom moving … Continue reading The Folks At Home at Alleyway
Blue Xmas is Not Your Grandma’s Variety Show and It’s Really Funny!
Oh my. When Alleyway Theatre Executive Artistic Director Chris J Handley tells you to "leave the kids at home” on a theatre night, believe him. Especially if you’re heading in to see Blue Xmas: The Charmagne Chi Christmas Special. If you don’t, the ride home will be riddled with questions from the kiddos and tomorrow … Continue reading Blue Xmas is Not Your Grandma’s Variety Show and It’s Really Funny!
The Natural Horse at Alleyway
In his 1954 book called The Natural House, Frank Lloyd Wright wrote that a house is more of a home when it is a work of art and that “integrity would become more natural…living within a house wherein everything is genuine and harmonious, a new sense of freedom gives one a new sense of life.” … Continue reading The Natural Horse at Alleyway
Alleyway Unwraps a Daring Night of Fun!
It’s hard to build a successful celebrity career when you share a surname with a mass murderer. That was an early lesson learned in the life of Marc Berkowitz (we know him as Marc Summers), cable TV icon and the subject of The Life and Slimes of Marc Summers, onstage now at Alleyway Theatre. I’ll … Continue reading Alleyway Unwraps a Daring Night of Fun!
A World Premiere at Alleyway
The connection between a mom and her daughter can run deep. Especially when it’s only the two of you, you’re tight in each other’s orbit, your worlds intersect in inextricable ways. And that is Nicky and Naomi, the mother-daughter duo at the heart of The Aleph Complex, now on stage at Alleyway Theatre. This is … Continue reading A World Premiere at Alleyway
Lots of Laughs at Alleyway Cabaret
Babuska can mean an older woman if you’re in Poland or Russia or a headscarf tied under your chin (if you’re the American descendant of that older woman) or it’s a 1980 Kate Bush song (spelled as Babooska). But if you’re in the Theatre District on the fourth weekend of the month between now and … Continue reading Lots of Laughs at Alleyway Cabaret
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