Reviewing theater from Broadway to the Fringe since 1994
The show is described as a “heightened concert” which is exactly what it sounds like. The songs are performed in a concert style with microphones and instruments, and heightened theatrically with 70’s-inspired character-focused costumes (Nicole Jescinth Smith), emotionally driven lighting design (Ben Stanton), simple but intentional staging (Jessie Nelson) and unshowy, music-led choreography (Jill Johnson).
At what point does one stop sitting back and start taking action against injustice? What is the price to those who participate and those who are protecting the peace? The unanswerable is what makes “The Getaway Driver” such an interesting piece of theater.
‘All the Devils Are Here: How Shakespeare Invented the Villain’ — Created and Performed by Patrick Page. Directed by Simon Godwin. Presented by Arts Emerson at the Emerson Paramount Center through November 1. By Shelley A. Sackett The term “tour de force” (literally “feat of strength”) was coined to describe performances like Patrick Page’s in…
At its core, All the Devils Are Here is an 85-minute case study on the depiction of villany, and how it evolves, shifts, and develops across Shakespeare’s works. Early on in the show, Page states his central claim: that Shakespeare invented “the villain” as it is contemporarily defined today.
