Dec 28, 2019 | Articles, Press, Tiny Houses
By Andrea Simakis, The Plain Dealer | Posted Dec 28, 8:00 AM CLEVELAND, Ohio — The Chinese proverb that good things come in pairs was abundantly true on Cleveland stages in 2019. As we began compiling our list of favorite shows, we noticed a pattern of distinguished...
Dec 20, 2019 | Airness, Articles, Press
By News Desk From dramas in church basements to high-budget musicals, the DMV produced an impressive array of theater in 2019, propelled by skilled, talented artists. Here are some of the productions that made an indelible impression on our writers this year. As...
Dec 18, 2019 | Articles, Press, Short Plays
by BWW News Desk Dec. 18, 2019 F*It Club, the New York Innovative Award-winning film and theatre company, will complete ten years of its annual series of short, commissioned world-premiere plays at the IRT Theater as part of their 3B Development...
Nov 20, 2019 | Airness, Press, Reviews
Dani Stoller as the Cannibal Queen in “Airness,” a play about competitive air-guitar performances. (Cameron Whitman/Keegan Theatre) By Celia Wren | November 19, 2019 It’s a good thing invisible guitars don’t cost real money, or the Keegan Theatre would be racking up...
Nov 19, 2019 | Airness, Press, Reviews
November 19, 2019 | by John Bavoso Airness closes November 30, 2019 at Keegan Theatre. Details and tickets “The whole impetus of air guitar is world peace,” earnestly intones a grown man who goes by the name Golden Thunder right before he goes out on stage in a dingy...
Nov 13, 2019 | Airness, Press, Reviews
A show full of thrilling air guitar performances as feel-good as a concert by real rockstars. by John Stoltenberg | November 13, 2019 In the competitive national and international air guitar scene, contestants vie for championships and prizes by pretending to play (or...
Nov 12, 2019 | Airness, Press, Reviews
Billie Krishawn in “Airness” Cameron Whitman / The Keegan Theatre Ten minutes to show time, and Guns N’ Roses was blaring, welcoming the audience to the jungle—er, Keegan Theatre. Followed by Aerosmith. Toss in Def Leppard, some Mountain, and OK, this was clearly...
Jun 18, 2019 | Press, The Kilroys
After five years of pressing for parity, the collective known as the Kilroys says it is seeing progress. Meanwhile, more suggestions for plays to present. By Michael Paulson | June 18, 2019 A scene from the Ensemble Studio Theater production of “Behind the Sheet,” a...
Jun 18, 2019 | Articles, Press, The Kilroys
The women-focused collective has released a new list of under-produced plays by female, trans, and non-binary writers. by Diep Tran | June 18, 2019 Neil Tyrone Pritchard and Rinska Carrasco in a workshop production of “There’s Always the Hudson” by Paola...
May 10, 2019 | Press, Reviews, Tiny Houses
(photo credit: Roger Mastroianni) Chelsea Marcantel’s world premiere play hones in on the social phenomenon of tiny houses — but it goes beyond that. by Rick Pender | May 10, 2019 There’s a kind of time warp going on with the Cincinnati Playhouse’s world premiere...