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BILL RODRIGUEZ

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Anything but tame

A smart take on Shakespeare’s Shrew
Director Peter Sampieri and an ace troupe are mounting a slam-bang production of the comedy that sparkles with originality and resolves a feminist objection to the play that we can assume is older than the play itself.
By BILL RODRIGUEZ  |  May 20, 2008

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The circle game

Befuddlement rules in Fuddy Meers
It’s a very funny reminder that laughter can make such absurdity almost worthwhile.
By BILL RODRIGUEZ  |  May 20, 2008

Chinese Laundry

Exotic and erotic
Very Hong Kong street stall, kind of Blade Runner without the rain.
By BILL RODRIGUEZ  |  May 22, 2008

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Spirited

Rory Raven's Haunted Providence
Rory Raven’s Haunted Providence is a must-read for anyone who likes to collect every stray fact of local history or hopes to frighten campers around midnight campfires this summer.
By BILL RODRIGUEZ  |  May 19, 2008

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Fever dreams

Fear and loathing in Desemboque
Written in the  tradition of the historieta — pulp comics sold in the tens of millions monthly from every Mexican newsstand and bodega — Dead in Desemboque comes across like a dying gringo’s border desert mirage.
By BILL RODRIGUEZ  |  May 19, 2008

3 Steeple Street

More than a gravitational attraction
Given its location, 3 Steeple Street has an edge in being successful.
By BILL RODRIGUEZ  |  May 07, 2008

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Make believe

The songs are the draw in Drowsy Chaperone
Of the five Tony Awards that The Drowsy Chaperone swept up in 2006, Lisa Lambert’s co-win with Greg Morrison for Best Original Score was the real prize.
By BILL RODRIGUEZ  |  May 07, 2008

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Just another Night

The songs are the draw in Trinity’s Paris
Paris by Night , the musical play — as opposed to a straight musical, if you’ll pardon the expression — is a pleasant enough excursion.
By BILL RODRIGUEZ  |  May 07, 2008

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Existential rubble

The potent poetry of Sweet Disaster
Sweet Disaster may not topple any of our convictions about how the world works. But that’s only because it reminds us how we stumble over our existential rubble every day.
By BILL RODRIGUEZ  |  April 30, 2008

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Love stories

Columbus gets to the heart of Paris by Night
“Maybe straight America — or American musical theater — is not ready for it yet. But the music rocks.”
By BILL RODRIGUEZ  |  April 30, 2008

Is the pricier wine always better?

Our grape-addled critic sips to find answers
Trust your own taste, since that’s what has to be satisfied.
By BILL RODRIGUEZ  |  April 23, 2008

Room with a view

Theater of Thought’s fascinating Tape
Theater can capture our attention by trickery — think onstage helicopter in Miss Saigon or Richard III in a Civil War setting.
By BILL RODRIGUEZ  |  April 23, 2008

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Strings attached

FirstWorks sends in the puppets
FirstWorks is going year-round.
By BILL RODRIGUEZ  |  April 15, 2008

Fading away

A dramatic look at anorexia inScarecrow
As with a lot of people whose lack of self-awareness is their basic coping mechanism, David Moore is a pretty chipper guy at the outset of Scarecrow .
By BILL RODRIGUEZ  |  April 15, 2008

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Off the wall

The strained poetry of . . . and Jesus Moonwalks
Unfortunately, while many passages of fervently gathered lyricism are thrust toward us like exotic bouquets between scenes of ordinary conversation, the poetry doesn’t accumulate impact.
By BILL RODRIGUEZ  |  April 15, 2008

Gesualdi’s

Goodness by the gallon
It surprises me every time.
By BILL RODRIGUEZ  |  April 09, 2008

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Ghost story

Trinity’s gleeful Blithe Spirit
Audiences just wanna have fun. Sometimes.
By BILL RODRIGUEZ  |  April 08, 2008

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Musical man

Jason Simon ends his run in The Producers
When holographic projection technology gets perfected, you can be sure that Mel Brooks’s The Producers will be one of the first holograms released.
By BILL RODRIGUEZ  |  April 08, 2008

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Still Funny

PC brings Fanny Brice back to life
The musical Funny Girl wasn’t made for just Barbra Streisand.
By BILL RODRIGUEZ  |  April 08, 2008

A different angle

Mark Peckham directs a ‘scary piece’
“That’s what I demand of my actors, that they come in with ideas and work,” Peckham insists. “I’m not interested in someone who stands there and says, ‘What do you want me to do?’"
By BILL RODRIGUEZ  |  April 02, 2008
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