Mar 30, 2017 | Airness, Articles, Press, Reviews
By ELI KEEL | Published March 30, 2017 This morning I googled “air guitar competitions near Louisville.” And during my run, I listened to heavy metal and air guitared down Eastern Parkway. Right now, I’m listening to the face melting-est mix I could find on Spotify,...
Mar 29, 2017 | Airness, Press, Reviews
by Elizabeth Kramer , @arts_bureau | Published March 29, 2017 The venue — shabby and dimly lit — could be any bar in America. They are in Staten Island, San Diego, Boston. And in each, there are the characters in Chelsea Marcantel’s new play “Airness” who take the...
Apr 29, 2016 | Articles, Press, Reviews
by Andrea Pikscher | Tuesday, April 19, 2016 Reason 1: Take A Seat, Any Seat Right when you walk in the theater, there’s no proscenium, no curtain, in fact the actors welcome you right into the space. Feel free to take a seat in the bar with them, or sit on the...
Apr 19, 2016 | Press, Reviews
by Melissa Wiley | April 19, 2016 | 3/4 stars Getting lost in the wilderness in order to find yourself is as old a story as storytelling itself, and New Colony’s production of Even Longer and Farther Away has taken up residence at the Den Theatre to deliver yet...
Apr 14, 2016 | Articles, Press, Reviews
CIMMfest, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Even Longer and Farther Away, Rhona Hoffman Gallery, and the Taj Mahal Trio Published 4.13.16 at 5:12pm The Five Don’t-miss picks for Wednesday, April 13 — April 19, 2016 1 — Chicago International Movies and Music...
Apr 1, 2016 | Articles, Press, Reviews
New plays by Tracy Letts and Ike Holter and a lavish Lyric Opera ‘King & I’ are among the month’s highlights by Kris Vire | 1 April 2016 April Theatre Picks Mary Page Marlowe at Steppenwolf Carlyle at The Goodman Hilary and Clinton at Victory...
Jul 15, 2015 | Press, Reviews
Expect Laughter, Maybe Tears, Taking in Playhouse’s KY Voices Production Posted: Tuesday, July 14, 2015 8:05 am By BEN KLEPPINGER Kentucky is all too often the butt of jokes about rednecks, backwards education or meth heads. Sometimes it seems like the larger...
Aug 6, 2014 | Articles, Press, Reviews
Hatfield McCoy Feud Comes to Life Again via Play Posted: Thursday, July 31, 2014 5:00 am By Bruce Justice, Staff Writer MCCARR, Ky. — The attire was circa late 19th Century. The cacophony of both peacemaking and combatant voices hung heavily in the already burdened...
Aug 9, 2013 | Articles, Press, Reviews
Crowds watch the Hatfield – McCoy feud on stage by Rebekah Pewitt • August 4, 2013 MCCARR, Ky. (WYMT) – A crowd gathered at Sunday’s showing of “Blood Song: The Story of the Hatfields and the McCoys.” With the pull of the trigger, you’re...
Jun 15, 2013 | Press, Reviews, Short Plays
Collaboraction’s Sketchbook could use a little curation A program of shorts is the standout at the annual theater fest’s bloated 13th incarnation. by By Justin Hayford • June 13, 2013 What you want is to see “The Shorts: 9 Destinies,” a program...