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“The Baltimore Waltz”

April 3, 2017 by Eddie Reynolds Leave a Comment

The Baltimore WaltzPaula VogelMagic TheatrePatrick Alparone, Lauren English & Greg Jackson“I’m sorry ... There’s nothing we can do.”  How many, countless times have those few words by a doctor sent individuals and their loved ones into a tailspin more uproarious than Dorothy’s tornado and on a journey that sometimes can be as strange, as scary, but somehow in the end … [Read more...] about “The Baltimore Waltz”

“Fool for Love”

February 10, 2017 by Eddie Reynolds Leave a Comment

Fool for LoveSam ShepardMagic TheatreJessi Campbell, Andrew Pastides & Patrick RussellClassic Shepard: It is all here.  The dry, dusty, desert setting of the American Southwest.  The unmade, iron-frame bed and yellow kitchen chair leftover from the ‘50s (only missing the usual, out-dated Frigidare in the corner).  The bare electric light hanging from the … [Read more...] about “Fool for Love”

“Sojourners”

April 27, 2016 by Eddie Reynolds Leave a Comment

SojournersMfoniso UdofiaMagic TheatreKatherine Turner as AbasiamaIn the mid-to-late 1960s, the neighborhoods and streets of urban America were too often in flames with lives and property destroyed as African Americans protested white America’s prejudiced resistance to their voting and economic rights.  An ocean and a world away, Nigerian Africans were at the same time … [Read more...] about “Sojourners”

“Dogeaters”

February 19, 2016 by Eddie Reynolds Leave a Comment

DogeatersJessica HagedornMagic TheatreThe hot, muggy breezes of Philippine jungles send trees crashing against the corrugated shacks along the stage wall while thumping loud beats of 1980s club music in Manila vibrate all around us.  The uneasiness and threat of a storm is eased somewhat by the promise of a nightclub party.  For the next two and a half hours, opulence … [Read more...] about “Dogeaters”

“Fred’s Diner”

October 1, 2015 by Eddie Reynolds Leave a Comment

Fred’s DinerPenelope SkinnerMagic TheatreOpening with a quick glance of a gruesome scene on Christmas Eve, Magic Theatre’s American premiere of Penelope Skinner’s Fred’s Diner retreats a few days earlier to travel a trail full of surprises, twists, and turns -- eventually to return to this scene in the end.  The setting is Erik Flatmo’s deliciously authentic 1950’s style, … [Read more...] about “Fred’s Diner”

“This Golden State, Part One: Delano”

June 3, 2015 by Eddie Reynolds Leave a Comment

This Golden StatePart One: DelanoLuis AlfaroMagic TheatreBoth churches and theatres involve people (often strangers) sitting close together in an auditorium, sharing emotional experiences, and then exiting somehow more closely knit than when entering.  Luis Alfaro has heightened those similarities in dramatic form in his This Golden State, Part One: Delano, now in its … [Read more...] about “This Golden State, Part One: Delano”

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