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A woman in a white dress holds a large, white and red rooster puppet on stage, looking at it intently. Stage lights and draped fabric create a dramatic theater setting in the background.

by Hugh Iglarsh | March 20, 2026

“White Rooster” Is a Spectacle Without Poetic Flight Lookingglass Theatre’s play is nice to look at, but offers viewers too little to chew on.

by Hugh Iglarsh | December 1, 2025

What Should Modern Theaters Do with Shakespeare’s Nasty Shrew? Court Theatre’s production of “The Taming of the Shrew” lacks good answers to this bothersome question.

A man stands behind a laundromat counter while a customer stands nearby with her arms crossed.

by Noel Schecter | April 25, 2024

A Heavy Load: A Review of “Brooklyn Laundry” at Northlight Theatre

by Hugh Iglarsh | May 18, 2016

Delightfully Dialectic A Review of Discord at Northlight Theatre

by Joy Miller | November 17, 2015

Review: Agamemnon/Court Theatre

by Lisa Buscani | September 25, 2012

Review: Equivocation/Victory Gardens Theater

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