Email Author Jim Tommaney

2011 Stories by Jim Tommaney

• Capsule Stage Reviews: Gone Missing, I Do! I Do!, An Inspector Calls, OVO, Shards of Love

  published March 24, 2011

  Gone Missing Experimental, yes, but still entertaining — talent will out. Gone Missing is based on actual interviews... More >>

• Capsule Stage Reviews: Gone Missing, Or, OVO, Sleeping Beauty

  published March 17, 2011

  Gone Missing Experimental, yes, but still entertaining — talent will out. Gone Missing is based on actual interviews with real... More >>

• Experimental, Entertaining Gone Missing at Theater LaB

  published Mar 10, 2011

  The Setup: Experimental, yes, but still entertaining - talent will out. Gone Missing is based on actual interviews with real people, conducted by The Civilians, a journalistic acting troupe headquarte... More >>

• Capsule Stage Reviews: 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Billy Elliot, A Fertle Farewell, An Inspector Calls, Shards of Love

  published March 10, 2011

  25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee Precocious little Logainne SchwartzandGrubenniere (Monica Passley) — she has two dads,... More >>

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  Charming Shards of Love Presents Authentically Mismatched Couplings

  published Mar 07, 2011

  The Setup: Shards of Love, eight short plays by Paullette MacDougal, illustrates how a playwright with imagination and heart, a talented cast and a dedicated theater can remind us that humor, love and... More >>

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  An Inspector Calls Pays Off, Predictably

  published Mar 01, 2011

  The Setup: Don't expect fireworks. But for the patient, a highly satisfactory evening can be passed watching J.B. Priestley's drawing room drama, An Inspector Calls, here set in a formal dining room. ... More >>

• Capsule Stage Reviews: Billy Elliot, The Merry Wives of Windsor, The War of the Worlds

  published March 3, 2011

  Billy Elliot For a show set in the rough-and-tumble mining fields of northern England, this inspirational musical, adapted from... More >>

• Theatre Southwest Gets the Shakes

  published Feb 24, 2011

  The Setup: Theatre Southwest makes its first foray into the thicket of Shakespeare, and emerges bloodied but, we hope, unbowed. The Execution: The company's courage is to be commended for tackling a ... More >>

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  There's a New Ghost Town In Texas

  published Feb 16, 2011

  The Setup: A Fertle Farewell chronicles the demise of the hamlet of Dumpster, Texas, population 12, a distant relative of Garrison Keillor's Lake Wobegon, but most definitely on the other side of the ... More >>

• Capsule Stage Reviews: The Last 5 Years, Paradise Hotel, Stairway to Paradise: The Young George Gershwin

  published February 17, 2011

  The Last 5 Years Directed by Jimmy Phillips with pace and deftness, and presented by Mildred's Umbrella Theater, this is an ambitious... More >>

• The Last Five Years Flawed by Structure, Bland Characters

  published Feb 10, 2011

  The Setup: Directed by Jimmy Phillips with pace and deftness, and presented by Mildred's Umbrella Theater, The Last Five Years is an ambitious two-character musical that combines some original staging... More >>

• Capsule Stage Reviews: Bus Stop, Gee's Bend, Triple Focus, Weekend with Pablo Picasso

  published February 10, 2011

  Bus Stop In the 1950s, William Inge was lauded along with Tennessee Williams and Arthur Miller as one of the three great American... More >>

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  Funny, Poignant Gee's Bend Traces a Family's Saga

  published Feb 08, 2011

  The Setup: The Ensemble Theatre has brought to vibrant life Elyzabeth Gregory Wilder's Gee's Bend, the chronicle of a loving family, set against the background of the African-American march toward equ... More >>

• Capsule Stage Reviews: God of Carnage, Sonia and Suzy, Triple Focus

  published January 27, 2011

  God of Carnage By the time chic and sleek Annette announces she feels sick, after eating Veronica's much-vaunted apple and pear... More >>

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  Sonia and Suzy's Story Needs an Arc

  published Jan 19, 2011

  The Setup: A two-actor play challenges the performers to hold the audience's interest, without an eccentric uncle suddenly entering to spice things up. Sonia and Suzy, a new work by Nancy Geyer, takes... More >>

• Capsule Stage Reviews: God of Carnage, Guilty Conscience, Sonia and Suzy, West Side Story

  published January 20, 2011

  God of Carnage By the time chic and sleek Annette announces she feels sick, after eating Veronica's much-vaunted apple and pear clafouti,... More >>

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  Guilty Conscience Is Guilty of Lame Writing

  published Jan 18, 2011

  The Setup: Longtime collaborators Richard Levinson and William Link created some marvelous television, including the excellent Murder, She Wrote, a delightful souffle of plot and acting. The Executio... More >>