How much is a Facebook Event Attending worth in real butts-in-seats terms? With advance ticket sales rarer than ever, perhaps you find yourself (as I often do) refreshing your Event, hoping to see those precious number rise. But is a Yes on Facebook equal to a Yes in life? Though not big/wide enough for a…
I was pleased to note that the Laurence Klavan of the Jewish Daily Forward mentioned Jacob’s House in his 2010 round up, True Drama. Laurence’s original review came at a time when I was unsettled by other critical reactions to the play. His current round-up is one of the more interesting takes on theatre in…
(Ed. note: Ridiculously late, but this interview completes the set! Thanks to all the Jacob’s House and Divine Reckonings artists that participated)What is Jacob’s House?What is ForePlay: Divine Reckonings? Kelly O’DonnellDirector, Jacob’s House Previous Flux Experience: co-founder of Flux. Played Tegan in The Lesser Seductions of History. Directed Rue, Riding the Bull, Life is a…
(Photo: Justin Hoch at jhoch.com. Pictured: Jessica Angleskhan) How did we miss this? Producer Michael Roderick wrote about Jacob’s House as part of his Triple Threat Roundup on BroadwayWorld. Along with shout outs for Maeutic’s Barrier Island (aka, the show I’m going to kick myself most for missing) and (new to me) Active Theatre Company’s…
(Photo: Justin Hoch at jhoch.com. Pictured: Zack Calhoon, Anthony Wills Jr.) Doug Strassler’s review for OffOffOnline is up, and while he has reservations about the play, he recommends the production (and shouldn’t you take his advice, oh reader?) Doug is another critic highly valued by Flux, with Jacob’s House his third review of our work….
(Photo: Justin Hoch at jhoch.com. Pictured: Matthew Archambault, Kelli Dawn Holsopple) Flavorpill’s review is out, and it is short but happily sweet! My favorite quote is easy, as the final two lines have it: “Combining a dysfunctional family with old-time religion and mythic America makes for rich metaphors and juicy theatre. Flux wrestled outside forces…
(Photo: Justin Hoch @ jhoch.com. Pictured: Jane Lincoln Taylor) Every once in a awhile, you actually come close to that perfect review you wrote in your head to calm your nerves and help you sleep; it’s positive, of course, but more importantly, it makes you feel the whole of the play has been fully felt,…
(Photo: Justin Hoch at jhoch.com. Pictured: Jane Lincoln Taylor, Zack Calhoon, Bianca LaVerne Jones, Anthony Wills Jr.) In a recession, value counts more than ever, so the good folks over at The Happiest Medium have come up with a great idea – two reviews for the price of one! With their new feature, 4 cents,…
(Photo: Justin Hoch at jhoch.com. Pictured: Jessica Angleskhan, Zack Calhoon, Jane Lincoln Taylor) Ladies and gentlemen, the moment you’ve all been waiting for, New Hampshire’s favorite son James Comtois weighs in on Jacob’s House! And how can you top this for an opener? “Flux Theatre Ensemble’s latest production, Jacob’s House, is an Americanized retelling of…
(Photo: Justin Hoch at jhoch.com. Pictured: Jessica Angleskhan, Zack Calhoon, Isaiah Tanenbaum) Flux is very lucky: we have now developed a relationship with critics and artist-bloggers that stretches over multiple shows to create a shared body of call and response. Toby Thelin has now seen 6 Flux shows – from the 3 plays of the…
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