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- Simon Piening
Iranian-American playwright Sanaz Toossi explores belonging and identity in the liminal space between cultures, in her 2023 Pulitzer Prize winning play, English.
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- Heather Bloom
Eighty years on and the text is as funny, shocking and heart-breaking as ever.
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- Stephanie Glickman
The speciality acts are first rate and the quartet of dancers intermingled through the acts are also top quality.
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- Heather Bloom
What transcends however, is a confused production that is one half Shakespeare, one half soap-opera that barely manages to scratch the surface of the original text.
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- Heather Bloom
The crushing barbs come thick and fast between these two from the moment they appear in in the box seats above.
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- Cait Coffey-Wong
It’s both an entertaining and moving story that aptly depicts the passion and joy Allen brought to the stages he performed on.
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- Stephanie Glickman
With its tent compound of concession stands, carnival games and intimate seating area, it is old-school circus with old-school aesthetics in a litany of different offerings, almost like a variety show.
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- Stephanie Glickman
The circus skills are high and shine brightly, especially when dramatic ideas are sometimes overextended.
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