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- Doug Knight
Keene’s characters don’t move us to care because of what they ask but because of what they tell.
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- Heather Bloom
A true ensemble piece, In The Heights is a heartfelt production that plays on themes of family and the family you choose.
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- Heather Bloom
Created from Robert Brown’s extensive catalogue of songs written for other musicals and events, Songs for a New World has no direct throughline but still appears as a strongly connected piece.
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- Jason Whyte
Somewhat mischievously, the show is not what it might seem from its blurb or promo video.
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- Jason Whyte
The star’s six-decade-long career, and varied achievements along the way, provide an abundance of material for consideration.
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- Heather Bloom
Seeing a script performed for the first time is one thing, but seeing an actor react to that script in real time for the first time is an entirely different experience all together.
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- Doug Knight
Sigrid Thornton is a class act and powerfully delivers a mother straddling indifference, acceptability and reluctant responsibility.
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- Heather Bloom
Difficult to define but an absolute joy to watch, Hedwig and the Angry Inch is wonderfully entertaining.
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