Finding the Lost Thread
The Father offers a moving portrait of dementia

There is always a danger, as an artist, in launching forth with a single cause or affliction or ideology and melding it into a work … Continue reading
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There is always a danger, as an artist, in launching forth with a single cause or affliction or ideology and melding it into a work … Continue reading
There is much to admire in Matthew Lopez’ The Whipping Man, playing now at Very Little Theatre. This atmospheric period drama is, without a doubt, … Continue reading
Is there a funnier (or more profane) show running? We don’t think so! And that’s why we’re delighted that Theatre League brought Book of Mormon back for … Continue reading
Annie Baker landed the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for The Flick, an odd and affecting play — part slacker melodrama, part dark comedy, part existential no-exit … Continue reading
If you love Donald Trump, you can suck it. Well, certainly you can quit reading this review (though I’m not sure why you even picked … Continue reading
Verily, the Old Testament is many things to many people, believers and skeptics and repudiators alike; but one thing it decisively is not is fun, … Continue reading
They don’t make them like Harold Pinter anymore, and right now at Lane Community College you can enjoy Pinter’s masterful The Birthday Party, tenderly cooked … Continue reading
“But you were always a good man of business, Jacob,” faltered Scrooge, who now began to apply this to himself. “Business!” cried the Ghost, wringing … Continue reading
First published in 1969, Ursula K. Le Guin’s feminist sci-fi classic The Left Hand of Darkness tells the story of Genly Ai. Ai is an … Continue reading
Jordan Harrison’s excellent play, the Pulitzer-nominated Marjorie Prime — now at Oregon Contemporary Theatre under the direction of Willow Norton — tackles the prickly issue … Continue reading