Steve Dinneen

“As the play goes on, you warm to this uniquely put-upon woman who approaches the absurd cruelties of life with a sardonic smile.”

“Electra/Persona is a long and plodding journey without any particular destination, albeit one with moments of real beauty along the way.”

“There's no such vision here, no real aspiration beyond filling up a bingo card of scenes that made us smile back in 1996.”

“Archduke is a largely breezy affair, given the subject matter, filled with physical comedy and visual gags.”

“But The Misanthrope is a play that flatters to deceive, filled to bursting with ideas it’s never quite able to unpack, a shiny bauble loaded with talent that’s just not quite as clever as it thinks it is.”

“Marber’s play ends up feeling flat, a half-baked experiment in which every character feels like a caricature, often straining not to literally wink towards the audience.”

“Joey is magnificent, a puppet that doesn't attempt to hide the three humans controlling him yet utterly convinces you that he is indeed a horse.”

“One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest falls firmly in the first category.”

“Rarely a minute passes when something doesn't bring a smile to your face.”

“But this is not one of Miller’s better plays, and this production does a splendid job of triple-underlining why, as well as tossing in a bunch of flaws of its own.”