“It’s incidents like this that does put tourists off of Ireland.” So whines lazy slacker Donny in Martin McDonagh’s celebrated award-winning black Irish comedy The Lieutenant of Inishmore, featured main stage at WaterTower Theatre through February 6, 2011. Hard to disagree with him after the play’s action strews voluminous gobs of blood, gore and severed … Continue reading
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Your Town & Mine @ Water Tower
“We all know that something is eternal. And it ain’t houses and it ain’t names, and it ain’t earth, and it ain’t even the stars . . . everybody knows in their bones that something is eternal, and that something has to do with human beings. All the greatest people ever lived have been telling … Continue reading
Business of Funny: Laughter on the 23rd Floor
Why laughter, why on the 23rd floor? Neil Simon’s comedy, Laughter on the 23rd Floor, which opened on Broadway in 1993 starring Nathan Lane, is a love letter in play form about Simon’s days as a comedy writer on the 1950’s Your Show of Shows. Simon portrays himself as the youthful narrator Lucas Brickman, the … Continue reading
On the Receiving End: Water Tower Theatre
“Let’s give this another try….” The Receptionist at Water Tower Theatre delivers a mind-bending paranoia punch, and I don’t mean the saccharine kind served from a crystal bowl. It’s a wallop you don’t see coming. This one act play gives the idea of “being present and accountable” startling new meaning. During the 2007-2008 New York … Continue reading
Indoor/Outdoor: the cat’s pajamas at Water Tower Theatre
Attributing human thoughts and emotions to feline or canine animal companions can become a suspect and saccharine endeavor. But not always. The folks at Water Tower Theatre should be grinning like Cheshire cats with the regional premiere of Kenny Finkle’s engaging domestic short hair romance Indoor/Outdoor in their main performance space. It’s got them sitting … Continue reading
