Photo by Isaiah Tanenbaum. Post by August Schulenburg. I’m not entirely sure this actually is better late than never, but the completionist in me, thwarted by the volume of reviews (thanks, Emily Owens!) and the dwindling nature of time, can’t help but at least compile of all the Hearts Like Fists reviews, even if I…
(Photo: Isaiah Tanenbaum. Pictured: Marnie Schulenburg, August Schulenburg. Post: August Schulenburg) Doug Strassler is another trusted Flux critic, so it is simply wonderful to read this glowing review in the New York Press. I particularly liked this quote: And remarkably, despite the many crafty ways in which director Kelly O’Donnell has replicated a comic book…
(Photo by Isaiah Tanenbaum. Pictured: Rachael Hip-Flores, Aja Houston, Becky Byers. Post by August Schulenburg) Will Kenton’s reviews are always notable for their depth, but his review of Hearts Like Fists for Cultural Capitol is especially notable for its verbal playfulness, capturing the style of the play itself. Note: “Turns out she’s the Queen of…
(Photo: Isaiah Tanenbaum. Pictured: Chinaza Uche, Jennifer Somers Kipley, Marnie Schulenburg) As one of Flux’s longest and most important critics, Aaron Riccio of That Sounds Cool needs no introduction round these parts. I was worried when he ended up attending on Wednesday, one of our more sparsely attended shows, and on a night that ended…
(Photo: Isaiah Tanenbaum. Pictured: Doctor X. Post: August Schulenburg) I got a lot out of Natalie Zutter’s thoughtful review of DEINDE on Tor, but wondered what she would make of Hearts Like Fists, a play of decidedly more comic intentions? Happily, she digs it, and brings some fascinating comic context to her review: The mood…
(Photo: Isaiah Tanenbaum. Pictured: Chester Poon, Jennifer Somers Kipley. Post: August Schulenburg) I think this review, by Mark Lord of the hometown team Queens Chronicle, wins for the best title: “Oh, the dangers of love…and doughnuts”. Citing our Core Value of Joy listed in the program, he thankfully finds the experience, well, joyful. (Also, I’ve…
(Photo: Isaiah Tanenbaum. Pictured: Susan Louise O’Connor, Rachael Hip-Flores, Becky Byers, Aja Houston. Post: August Schulenburg) No matter how hard you fight against it, the New York Times continues to exert an outsized influence on the minds of theatre makers, myself included. A great review in the Times doesn’t lead to a sudden burst of…
(Photo: Isaiah Tanenbaum. Pictured: Rachael Hip-Flores, Becky Byers, Marnie Schulenburg, Chinaza Uche, Aja Houston, August Schulenburg. Post by August Schulenburg). Having fallen way behind on my blog responses to reviews, I can tell those just tuning in that Jonathan Mandell’s review for Backstage is so far the worst of the lot, and it’s not bad…
(Photo by Isaiah Tanenbaum. Pictured: Marnie Schulenburg, Becky Byers. Post by August Schulenburg.) Well, THIS is a pleasant surprise. Our last review from the Voice was so indifferently nasty that it remains to this day the only review of my work I haven’t been able to respond to–it just hurt (and still hurts) too much….
(Photo: Isaiah Tanenbaum. Pictured: Marnie Schulenburg, Susan Louise O’Connor and Chinaza Uche). It’s no surprise that nytheatre.com–stalwart of the Indie scene–is our second review. It was, however, a very happy surprise to find out our reviewer was playwright Ed Malin. I first learned of Ed through this extraordinary profile in the Indie Theatre Companion by…
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