Chris Abraham
iPhoto caption: Tom Rooney in 'Rogers v. Rogers' at Crow's Theatre. Photo by Dahlia Katz.
REVIEW: Tom Rooney dazzles in world premiere of Michael Healey’s Rogers v. Rogers
Rooney and Healey skewer the Rogers family with a disarmingly relaxed virtuosity that the surrounding Crow's Theatre production sometimes supports, and sometimes lets down.
iPhoto caption: Photo by Dahlia Katz.
REVIEW: Dave Malloy’s Octet vibrates with sublime vocal beauty at Crow’s Theatre
Malloy’s intricate a cappella compositions, rich with complex harmonies, are the hymns and confessionals in a show about a support group for internet addiction. Regardless of what form their ego-feeding or doomscrolling compulsions take, the characters know it’s actually about appeasing what they call “the monster” inside — that gaping maw of emptiness that begs for shiny treats in the absence of real connection.
iPhoto caption: Marie Farsi for Intermission Magazine. Photo by Dahlia Katz.
“I’ve learned how truth is revealed in translation, and I feel like that’s my job as a director,” says Farsi. “I have to translate the piece from the page to the stage, and all the meanings that can be derived from that process of translation.”
iPhoto caption: Makambe K. Simamba as Celia (left) and Sara Farb as Rosalind in 'As You Like It.' Photo by David Hou.
‘A lot of eyes’ on Sara Farb as she opens her seventh season at the Stratford Festival
“This place is so great to work at because one day I go to work and put a mustache on and the other day I’m wearing a beautiful gown,” says Farb.