A pleasant Midsummer night’s romantic comedy—with songs
Midsummer (a play with songs), has little in common with the Bard's tale, except for a character named Helena and a couple of scenes at a fetish party.
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Millennial Malcontent fails to content our millennial
The Millennial Malcontent, by Erin Shields, directed by Peter Hinton, running at Tarragon Theatre’s Mainspace to Apr. 9. I’m one of about eight millennials in my day job’s 40-person office (assuming one defines the term…
Out of Sequence
Watching Sequence at the Tarragon is like listening to an ambitious 90-minute prog rock album that ends with a 30-second record scratch.
The less-than-compelling Joneses
The audience I saw The Realistic Joneses with on opening night seemed to like the play. I was bored.
Ignore this Summons
If you want to see The Summoned, you probably shouldn’t read this review. It’s the sort of play that works best if you walk in knowing nothing — especially the main plot twist, which I…
Forgettable play on memory loss
If you asked five different theatregoers what You Will Remember Me was about, you’d hear five different responses.
Mustard a tasty treat for Tarragon audiences
There’s something magical about a good fairy tale: the way it evokes a sense that anything could happen, and often does, while reaching a conclusion that somehow feels both unpredictable and inevitable. Mustard by Kat…
Funny, charming, thought-provoking—but not for me
I’m not the audience for this play. I haven’t been the target audience for shows at the Tarragon before, but I’m especially wrong for this one.
A good story, despite bumps in the telling
Wormwood, the new Tarragon Mainspace production set against the tumultuous backdrop of Ukraine’s 2004 presidential elections, largely avoids the trap of being consumed by Big Ideas by presenting itself as a modern folktale.
The Trouble With Mr. Adams: play about him doesn’t work
The Trouble With Mr. Adams is that, unfortunately, his show is a return to form for the Tarragon.