Intelligently written and directed by Taylor Jon Gonzalez, the world-premiere comedy Chapter Meeting brings a sharply observed, micro-budget satire of modern political activism to the downtown stage. Prepare yourself for 90 minutes of non-stop laughs alongside fellow audience members. Sooner or later, the story’s biting wit will get to you.Continue Reading

Tracy Letts’ Linda Vista—staged as a centerpiece of Animus Theatre Company’s striking “Twelve Hours with Tracy Letts” marathon at the Circle in the Square Theatre—remains funny, deeply uncomfortable, and unsparing look at the anxieties of the modern male ego. Centering on Wheeler, a fiercely opinionated yet profoundly un-self-aware 50-year-old divorceeContinue Reading