by Jack Gohn | Jul 20, 2013 | The Close Up, Theater Reviews and Commentary
All of them, then, have one foot in Muslim culture and one in the Western culture Muslim terrorists affect to despise, and that is part of the point author Jon Kern is making about them. Whether they like it or not, they are dual citizens. What enrages them is also a part of them, and it means that in waging war on Americans, they are also waging war on themselves.
by Jack Gohn | Jul 16, 2013 | The Close Up, Theater Reviews and Commentary
H2O will leave you dealing not only with your feelings about the characters, but also reconsidering art, life, and The Meaning of It All.
by Jack Gohn | Jul 16, 2013 | The Close Up, Theater Reviews and Commentary
If George Bernard Shaw had taken it into his head to write a sequel to Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, with an assist from William Shakespeare, he might have come up with something much like Liz Duffy Adams’s A Discourse on the Wonders of the Invisible World.
by Jack Gohn | May 5, 2013 | The Close Up, Theater Reviews and Commentary
During the Broadway run and the professional tours, Spring Awakening tended to be too expensive for young audiences. I wondered how this show about and for youth would affect young audiences. I finally found out.
by Jack Gohn | May 3, 2013 | The Close Up, Theater Reviews and Commentary
A first-rate production of a second-rate show. The astonishing cast delivers song after song that sails out of the park.