A New Work by Meg Lowey Or: “A Rose by any other name will smell as sweet” In the novel Like Water for Chocolate the unfortunate heroine...

Or: “Above all, be armed” Clowning is a very particular style of theater that can be done very well or very badly; like a caramel apple....

Or: ....but Ice is Nice and will Suffice I regret to tell you dear reader that everything you will see, if you happen to brave the winter...

Or: And now we sing of the saddest song What is tragedy? Death? Not necessarily, sometimes death can be as welcome as sleep, as longed...

Or: Climb Every Mountain When one thinks of the great musicals, the mind is drawn to visions of diva’s in ten figure costumes, intricate...

Or: Non Timetus Messor * “I'll steal your sense of purpose, take your sense of duty, destroy your sense of proportion....but as long as...

Or: No Green Thumbs, But 22 Golden Voices It begins with an ultimatum. President Morton Shapiro broadcasted from his home this morning...

Or: If you’re worried about blood spots on your shirt, you shouldn’t go sticking your fingers in magpies. Mogadishu is a good drama but a...

Or: Thin Ice I might as well be honest with you, dear reader; it would be laughably easy (not to mention deeply satisfying) to take a...

Or: A Little Stranger I will come forth right now and saw I have no love in my heart for Edward Albee. All I have seen of his work gives...

Or: “A Fine and Pleasant Misery” There is nothing more entertaining than a family sick and suffering from itself. While it’s not much fun...

Rapture, Blister, Burn Or: Coven Discourse There is a play called Copenhagen by Frayn which looks at human relations (particularly the...

Or: The Big Empty Nebraska is that strangest of creatures, the restful american film. There is something about a series of black and...

Or: Before it all goes Pear Shaped If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a hundred times and I’ll say it a thousand more: there is no...

Or: The Prestige To Quote:“Every great magic trick (read: film) consists of three parts or acts. The first part is called "The Pledge"....

Or: Cold-cuts and Comb-overs The first image I saw of American Hustle is Irving Rosenfeld (Christian Bale), a small time partitioner that...

Or: Slow Burn Sometimes our heroes are just too dumb to live. Let you a question dearest reader. If you are wondering through a jungle (a...

Or: Nostalgia, on the rocks How do you capture a universal memory? How do you rebirth, retool, and revive on of the greatest, and most...

Or: “We didn’t start the fire (it was the great scaly thing over yonder)” If there’s one thing to be said for this, the second...

Or: “What is Essential Is Invisible to the Eye” It is a constant amazement and vexation to me that the shows I love cause me so much more...