THEATER
'Pacific' examines cultural imperialism

It’s not every day you see a black man in blackface painting his face white. Ja Shia’s “Pacific Overtures” is a scattered collage of enthusiastic […]

February 23, 2001

Members of the Klan meet Christ

Only at the cabaret can psychopathic ranting furballs and sophomoric, lustful Klan members commune together to learn that “God is Jon Q. Fed up on […]

February 16, 2001

Silva's 'Milwaukee' explores desolate landscapes

Milwaukee is often portrayed as a lifeless, lost city, and to a certain extent this description more accurately fits the play that carries the name. […]

February 16, 2001

Uneven performance plagues Rep production

When an actor once complained that the audience coughed through much of his performance, Laurence Olivier replied that a good actor captivates an audience so […]

February 16, 2001

'True West' captivates with subtle brutality

Despite its ending, with 12 toasters and the guts of about six issues of The Yale Herald strewn about the stage, this weekend’s production of […]

February 16, 2001

New experimental play is the 'Meet'-iest curtains around

Preposterous (and delightfully so). Much like Anna Nicole Smith’s pictorial in this month’s Playboy, Louis Cancelmi’s ’00 new play, “Meet Curtains,” sets this reviewer on […]

January 26, 2001

Tight 'Third Army' weaves a striking psychological drama

The set of “The Third Army” is harsh. Under the lights it is simple, dark and cold. But when the lights go down between scenes, […]

January 19, 2001

Giant cat wreaks havoc in Moscow

The staging of Mikhail Bulgakov’s novel “The Master and Margarita,” begun in 1928 but published only posthumously in 1966, is a demanding feat for a […]

January 19, 2001

Imported Mexican cabaret figures to liven up New Haven

Yale may have its very own cabaret, but this weekend it will be importing a “cabaret rowdy” — straight from Mexico — to liven up […]

January 19, 2001