(Photo: Justin Hoch @ jhoch.com. Pictured: Matthew Archambault) A mixed but fascinating review of Jacob’s House is up from Aaron Riccio at That Sounds Cool. Readers of this blog know that Aaron is one of my favorite reviewers, so I take his criticisms seriously. Read the whole thing here. First, the good stuff: I’m thrilled…
(Photo: Justin hoch @ jhoch.com. Pictured: Tiffany Clementi, Bianca LaVerne Jones, Kelli Dawn Holsopple) Readers of this blog know I love juxtaposition, so you can imagine my excitement reading Will Kenton’s review at Cultural Capitol, which sparks our Jacob’s House not only against a similarly themed play; but a wider frame of culture and religion….
(Photo: Justin Hoch @ jhoch.com. Pictured: Matthew Archamabult, Anthony Wills Jr.) Our first review is out! Wendy Caster is first in over at Show Showdown. I’m thrilled the review is a positive one, especially as I have a (hopefully unjustified and kind of silly) sense of foreboding about the reviewers who attended last night. I…
(Photo: Tyler G. Hicks-Wright. Pictured: Matthew Archambault) I was thrilled to see that one of our co-founders and former members Joe Mathers had started a blog (covering stage combat – I hope he’ll be covering Fight Fest at the Brick) and even more thrilled he saw The Lesser Seductions of History and blogged about it….
(Photo by Tyler G. Hicks-Wright. Pictured: The Cast) Playwright/actor/blogger Zack Calhoon has some good thoughts on Lesser Seductions on his blog, Visible Soul. There has been a great mix in critical response divided between: those who know us, those who know our work well, those who know our work a little, and those who don’t…
(Photo by Tyler G. Hicks-Wright. Pictured: The Cast) Our first negative review! And it’s a doozy, courtesy of Megin Jimenez at nytheatre.com. I suppose it’s a sign of how well this run is going that the hostility of the review amused more than wounded; and made me almost feel badly for her, hating away there…
(Photo by Tyler G. Hicks-Wright. Pictured: Jake Alexander, Candice Holdorf, Matthew Archambault) Our 10th review comes from Judith Mahoney Pasternak at The Indypendent, and it is fascinating in its unique take on the politics of the play. I especially like how she noticed the subtle sexism present in the play, using this pointed example: Schulenburg…
(Photo by Tyler G. Hicks-Wright. Pictured: Michael Davis, Tiffany Clementi) Toby Thelin’s review for OffOffOnline is up, and it is lovely, taking into context Flux’s trajectory as an Ensemble in a really thoughtful way. I especially like the attention he pays to the influence of Shakespeare. One (Candice’s character) speaks most of the play in…
(Photo by Tyler G. Hicks-Wright. Pictured: Raushanah Simmons, Michael Davis) Karen Tortora-Lee’s review for The Happiest Medium is up, and I absolutely love her description of the actors as acrobats: Watching the Flux Theatre Ensemble bring August Schulenburg’s “The Lesser Seductions of History” to life is like watching seasoned acrobats performing an intricate, balletic routine;…
(Photo by Tyler G. Hicks-Wright. Pictured: Jason Paradine, Candice Holdorf, Matthew Archambault) Doug Strassler’s review from Show Business Weekly is out, and I was especially happy that he noticed the sibling chemistry between Jason Paradine and Matthew Archambault as Barry and Bobby Tanner: Meanwhile, both Bobby and his brother, Barry, find themselves haunted by their…
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