[article as originally published in Theater Pizzazz, July 27, 2016.] The Metropolitan Room’s air conditioning could barely keep up with the heat generated by the enthusiastic early show crowd at the venue […]
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review: No End of Blame: Scenes of Overcoming
![[L-R] David Barlow, Jonathan Tindle, Christopher Marshall, Alex Draper. Image by Stan Barouh + projected illustration by Gerald Scarfe.](https://msteketee.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/4-christopher-marshall-alex-draper-backdavid-barlow-jonathan-tindle.jpg?w=100&h=80&crop=1)
by Howard Barker Directed by Richard Romagnoli Featuring Alex Draper, David Barlow, Valerie Leonard Potomac Theatre Project / NYC at Atlantic Stage 2 July 5, 2016 – August 7, 2016 production site The second revival […]
review: Good
![[L-R] Michael Kaye and Adam Ludwig. Image by Stan Barouh.](https://msteketee.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/4-michael-kaye-halder-and-adam-ludwig-eichmann-good-p.jpg?w=100&h=80&crop=1)
by C.P. Taylor Directed by Jim Petosa Featuring Michael Kaye, Tim Spears, Valerie Leonard Potomac Theatre Project / NYC at Atlantic Stage 2 July 5, 2016 – August 7, 2016 production site There is […]
Mike Daisey’s ‘The Trump Card’ at FringeArts
[article as originally published in Broad Street Review, July 21, 2016.] The Trump Card. Mike Daisey wrote and performed, Isaac Butler directed. July 14 and 21, 2016 at FringeArts, 140 N. Columbus […]
WP Lab, Pipeline Festival, and Honing the Questions
![[L-R] Rachel Sussman, Riti Sachdeva, Lee Sunday Evans. Image by Emma Pratte.](https://msteketee.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/image-2-l-r-rachel-sussman-riti-sachdeva-lee-sunday-evans-emma-pratte.jpg?w=100&h=80&crop=1)
[article originally published with a slightly different title in The Clyde Fitch Report, July 19, 2016.] The Women’s Project (WP) Theater has produced plays by women for almost 30 years as “the […]
54 Sings the Pajama Game
[article as originally published in Theater Pizzazz, July 19, 2016.] Nature provided the steam outside on a Manhattan evening in July, while Broadway veterans generated the theatrical steam heat of 1954’s […]
PlayPenn’s Rent-a-Dramaturg program: It’s dramaturgy to go at PlayPenn
[article as originally published in Broad Street Review, July 12, 2016.] PlayPenn 2016 Conference. New play readings through July 24, 2016 at the Drake, 302 S. Hicks St., Philadelphia. (215) 242-2813 or playpenn.org. Dramaturgs have always […]
