Stages, Theater

Review: Shattered Globe’s A View from the Bridge Simmers with Raw Emotion and Physicality

Arthur Miller’s A View from the Bridge is a mid-century American story, a tale that’s rimmed with classic notions of honor and respect, as old as Greek tragedy and Sicilian immigrant lore. […]

Nancy S Bishop /
Stages, Storefront, Theater

Review: Arthur Miller’s The Crucible Proves Both Historic and Prescient at Invictus Theatre

Religious and moral hypocrisy is a constant theme in the timeline of American history. There must always be an enemy or a caste created in order to feel superiority. Arthur […]

Kathy D. Hey /
Film & TV, Review

Review: Half-Baked Documentary The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe Fails to Unearth Anything Noteworthy About the Star

A documentary has to work hard for me not to like it. So imagine my reaction to seeing how hard director Emma Cooper worked (or rather, re-worked) journalist Anthony Summers’ […]

Steve Prokopy /
Stages, Theater, Virtual

Review: Goodman Theatre Reprises Death of a Salesman,  a Shattering Theatrical Experience–Thru 10/25

You may have seen Arthur Miller’s midcentury masterpiece, Death of a Salesman, many times. You may have seen some of the great versions. But even if you saw the 1998 […]

Nancy S Bishop /
Review, Stages, Theater

Steppenwolf’s The Burn Remixes Mean Girls With Young Witches of Salem

Theater review. Philip Dawkins’ new play, The Burn, blends today’s online world with Arthur Miller’s The Crucible. The real life “mean girls” in The Burn are distant cousins of the […]

Nancy S Bishop /
Stages, Theater

All My Sons at Court Theatre: A Classic Tragedy Punches You in the Gut

Charles Newell’s production of Arthur Miller’s All My Sons at Court Theatre is an emotionally wrenching tragedy. Secrets and lies that have been hidden for years are gradually teased out. […]

Nancy S Bishop /