“MixTape,” as its name implies, is an amalgamation of skits, rather than a traditional play. The show of mime, dance, vaudeville and commedia dell’arte was conceived, written and performed by Matt Walley and Angela Horchem, with original music by Michael Martinez.... Read more»
Live Theatre Workshop’s “Collected Stories” has two fine actresses who manage the drama’s balancing act of competing character arcs: one rising, one falling. The production features lots of intensity and and a script that circles long before reaching an unresolved conclusion.... Read more»
An exciting drama and wry comedy about a small group vying for a rare stamp worth millions. Along the way, we encounter greed, duplicity, old debts and a hint of violence.... Read more»
In “The Cocktail Hour,” set in a comfortable, upper class living room circa 1970s, son John spars with his fussy curmudgeon father. “Sins of the Mother ” offers a modern spin on Greek tragedy in a son’s retribution for his wronged mother. One is is acerbic and amusing, the other dark and engaging.... Read more»
“Death and the Maiden” by Ariel Dorfman is not a play given to easy or prepackaged answers - by design, it forces us to examine our own ideas of truth and justice.... Read more»
Contemplation of Death in the abstract is one thing; the physical reality of death is something much more difficult and personal. Live Theatre Workshop’s ‘Wit’ has a smart, compelling structure matched by an emotionally draining narrative.... Read more»
“Reckless” is an odd-shaped dark chocolate confection – not particularly sweet, more than a little bitter and very dark, indeed. This Live Theatre Workshop production doesn’t defy logic as much as embrace the surreal.... Read more»
9/11 memorials, Bernstein, Shaw and Stoppard are among the shows hitting Tucson stages in September with the start the fall 2011 theatre season.... Read more»
“Jailbait” posits two upscale fifteen-year-olds, Claire and Emmy, trying to bluff their way into adulthood by sneaking into a club. Does sex + intimacy = love?... Read more»2
“Half and Half” by playwright James Sherman, is actually two one-act plays about social attitudes and gender roles between household environs in 1970 and 2005.... Read more»
Paula Vogel’s 1998 Pulitzer Prize-winning play, “How I Learned To Drive,” is difficult to assess, given its off-kilter comedic and frequently poignant portrayal of a trusted uncle’s incestuous molestation of his niece. Is a successful production enough to overcome the creepy subject matter?... Read more»
Live Theatre Workshop has mounted a new production of William Inge’s 50’s classic, “Picnic.” Intentionally or not, it manages through casting to subvert the somewhat shopworn work and infuse it with ironic implications the author could have never foreseen.... Read more»
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