Mitchell Oldham

Katori Hall’s The Hot Wing King may be one of the most unexpected stories you could hope to find on the American stage right now.  At the very top, it’s about two concepts highly esteemed around the world since time immemorial:  family and friendship.  It also delves into how one of them, friendship, can morph …

Love and Ingenuity Take The Hot Wing King to the Top Read More »

Overdue for one of those sudden unexpected bursts of laughter?  Interested in meeting singularly engaging and original people?  Open to a little amusing titillation? Be grateful that there’s a brand-new theater company in town who’s delivering all of those delights and more in their very first public performance. Creating change and expanding visibility don’t come …

New Theater Company Opens with a Delectable World Premier Read More »

You’d be hard pressed to overstate the importance of legacy.  Often it represents a lifetime devoted to a dream, a purpose or an ideal.  And just as often, especially in minority communities, legacy symbolizes achievement. In Black Ensemble Theater’s (BE) The Salon, writer and director Michelle Reneé Bester pays tribute to a mainstay and important …

The Salon Champions Culture from the Vantage Point of the Beauty Parlor Read More »

What do you get when you mix a healthy dose of infectious comedy with a whole lot of magic?  The only conceivable answer is David Williamson, a wonderful entertainer and sleight of hand artist who in 2017 was named Magician of the Year by the Academy of Magical Arts.  Since launching his career in the …

Magic Show Steeped in Humor Delighting Fans at Rhapsody Read More »

For many, the world Qualia envisions was first glimpsed in Cormac McCarthy’s seminal novel, The Road, a haunting tale of a man and his son desperately trying to survive in the midst of devastation after a nuclear Armageddon.   In the 2006 masterpiece, hope has been abandoned, wretchedness is constant and much of what’s left of …

Subtext’s New Play Exposes and Celebrates the Malleability of Love Read More »

The acquisition of fame and notoriety may indeed be gifts from the stars; a matter of destiny where personal exceptionalism inevitably leads to broad recognition.  In the world premiere of Stokely: The Unfinished Revolution, we get a strong sense of how it manifests over time.  Time also has a tendency of turning the past gray, …

Court Theatre Powerfully Recalls a Hero and His Movement Read More »