Rob Cline gives it a very positive review in the Gazette praising the performances, the writing, but pointing out that there are some spots where the show slows down.
On the Iowa Theatre Blog, James Trainor gives it a positive review, but points out that the set is a rather large and the actors stumble in some points.
Also on the Iowa Theatre Blog, Monica Reida (yes, that Monica Reida, who is the blogger at Fragments according to the bio) gives the show a rave and doesn't point out any faults.
What all three critics agree on is that Vershawn Ashanti Young is great as Gabriel, it is not a play that you have to be Black to understand, and that August Wilson wrote a great play.
Some interesting things: Trainor discusses TCR's outreach program that asked what the play's subject meant to area children and mentions some technical difficulties with the lights, while Cline and Reida don't.
They're all interesting, very different reviews. But I know what I'm spending my money to go see this weekend.
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Showing posts with label reviews. Show all posts
Saturday, March 21, 2009
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Today in Theater: March 19
-I managed to miss this, but the Iowa Theatre Blog has a review of "The Foreigner" at ICCT.
-In today's Waterloo Courier, Monica Reida says that their critics can't write good reviews. Translation: She says what we've all been thinking.
I can't help but wonder, does the Courier edit letters to the editor? Because it stops abruptly after she criticizes George Day's review of "Importance of Being Earnest."
Regardless, it's awesome.
-In today's Waterloo Courier, Monica Reida says that their critics can't write good reviews. Translation: She says what we've all been thinking.
I can't help but wonder, does the Courier edit letters to the editor? Because it stops abruptly after she criticizes George Day's review of "Importance of Being Earnest."
Regardless, it's awesome.
Friday, March 13, 2009
Today in Theater: March 13
-The Iowa Theatre Blog has a review of "The Musical Comedy Murder's of 1940."
-Monica at "Fragments" talks about how she went to do a portion of "Thom Pain (based on nothing)" for speech team her sophomore year of high school and was told that it was "too dark and complex." Personally, I'm not sure what's the best part of this post: her stating that "The Pillowman" is not a happy play, her talking about wanting to do "My Humps" to get even with her coach, or the fact that there is a poem called "My Girlfriend's in Love With Holden Caulfield."
-Monica at "Fragments" talks about how she went to do a portion of "Thom Pain (based on nothing)" for speech team her sophomore year of high school and was told that it was "too dark and complex." Personally, I'm not sure what's the best part of this post: her stating that "The Pillowman" is not a happy play, her talking about wanting to do "My Humps" to get even with her coach, or the fact that there is a poem called "My Girlfriend's in Love With Holden Caulfield."
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