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London St. Juniper
Oct 42 min read
The Comeuppance
Wooly Mammoth’s production of The Comeuppance is an experience . The story of The Comeuppance is so much my own. Friends from the...
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London St. Juniper
Apr 183 min read
Something Happened, Twice
The differences between the preview performance and opening night of The Shakespeare Theatre Company's Macbeth were pointed. At least...
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London St. Juniper
Apr 182 min read
Anna’s Baby
I wish Andrea Bartz's was not printed on the front cover of Delicate Condition. It undeniably influenced my reading of Valentine's...
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London St. Juniper
Apr 41 min read
A beautiful throwback to 70s religious horror
An isolated convent, a young nun former isolated by language barriers, flowing shifts and white sheets, and a brutal picture of...
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London St. Juniper
Apr 32 min read
A Coming of Rage Musical
My one complaint about Teeth: A Coming of Rage Musical is that it's live theatre, so I cannot watch it over and over again. For the sake...
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London St. Juniper
Mar 271 min read
Lehman Trilogy: STC slogs again
I’m dreadfully behind on reviews this spring, and will probably skip most of them. But The Lehman Trilogy is one that left a mark … for...
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London St. Juniper
Dec 14, 20231 min read
Baa
Book 89. Black Sheep by Rachel Harrison. Milton may have been “of the devil’s party,” but Harrison clearly is not. I can respect the...
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London St. Juniper
Dec 6, 20231 min read
Alls Well That Ends
Shakespeare Theatre Company's Alls Well That Ends Well simply doesn't work. That's not to say it isn't enjoyable. A talented cast nails...
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London St. Juniper
Nov 16, 20231 min read
All Hail Fat Ham
As much as I love Macbeth, I dislike Hamlet. I've seen very few productions, and read it only begrudgingly while studying Shakespeare in...
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London St. Juniper
Nov 16, 20232 min read
Macbeth in Stride at Shakespeare Theatre Company
A third of the way through the production it dawned on me: Shakespeare Theatre Company was the wrong venue for this production, and was...
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London St. Juniper
Oct 14, 20232 min read
Exorcist Believer: All Beliefs Matter
My strongest opinion is this: Lidya Jewett and Olivia O'Neill are fantastic as the afflicted girls Angela and Katherine. They had a lot...
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London St. Juniper
Sep 7, 20231 min read
Evita falls flat
The Shakespeare Theatre and American Repertory Theatre's Collaborative production of Evita In Washington DC is as lifeless as the gown...
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London St. Juniper
Sep 2, 20231 min read
All About Eve … il
All About Evil (2010) is a poorly-written, over-acted campy farce, and I loved it. It has everything I wanted from my collection of ...
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London St. Juniper
Aug 1, 20233 min read
Talk to Me
Dr. S and I have been waiting for this one. Directed by Australian twins Danny and Michael Philippou, and based on a concept by Danny,...
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London St. Juniper
Jul 24, 20233 min read
Barbie Land vs. The Real World
I'm not here to yuck anyone else's yum, and the internet has made it very clear that I'm in the minority with what I'm about to say, and...
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London St. Juniper
Jul 16, 20232 min read
Pies on Fleet Street
At the end of June Dr. S and I took our wives to see Sweeney Todd at Signature Theatre, in celebration of Dr. S's birthday. None of us...
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London St. Juniper
Jun 24, 20231 min read
The Exorcism of [Fill In Name Here]
Oh look, another exorcism movie! Peter DeSouza-Feighoney is no Linda Blair. But he's just a child, and they were asking a lot of him. So,...
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London St. Juniper
Jun 24, 20232 min read
Puppets make everything better
Just hours into our return home from vacation the wife and I were ready to collapse into our chairs and watch a horror movie. And with...
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London St. Juniper
May 10, 20232 min read
The Library at Mount Char: Horror or Horrific?
I did not enjoy this book; I managed to get 75% through the story and thought for sure it was finishing, only to discover another 25%....
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London St. Juniper
Apr 27, 20232 min read
Our Wives Under the Sea: A Gothic Romance
Julia Armfield's Our Wives Under the Sea is a wonderfully clever and well-crafted Gothic romance tailored for a contemporary audience. It...
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