The Importance of Being Earnest - With Wilde's classic comedy produced so many times that it's hard not to stifle a yawn at the idea of yet another production. Therefore you can't fault director David Hyde Pierce for wanting to give his version a new twist. That twist came courtesy of Damon Runyon the creator of those famous "dem guys and dolls." . . .
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Dr. Ruth, All the Way -As regular
Curtainup readers know, plays with just one performer holding the stage aren't exactly my favorite things. Yet, every now and then along comes a new addition to this genre that completely upends my reservations about having an actor suddenly start talking to me, turning me into the co-star and, usually a telephone into a critical plot detailing device.
Dr. Ruth All The Way which just opened at Barrington Stage's newly re-named second stage, the St. Germain Stage in honor of the company and Mark St. Germain's frequent and immensely successful collaborations, is exactly such a mind changer . . .
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Birthday -Disguised as a comedy Birthday is Joe Penhall’s passionate polemic on the state of the National Health Service when it comes to childbirth. Returning to the setting in the NHS of his 2000 play Blue/Orange, Birthday is set in a hospital overlooking a prison . . . Read More
