I wish I could make watching “Charm” at Mosaic Theater a mandatory assignment. “Charm” is a play written in unflinching, witty and heartbreakingly quick exchanges by Philip Dawkins, a Chicago native. The playwright’s ear for dialogue and nuance would be obvious even if the cast did not do the lines justice. This is not the […]
The newest play in the Mosaic Theater season line-up is Milk Like Sugar, by Kirsten Greenidge. Thanks to the generosity of the folks at Mosaic, I attended opening night. The play hit me in the gut– it’s a raw and frank story about poverty and race and about being a teenager and feeling invincible. It’s also […]
Monday night’s performance of Satchmo at the Waldorf, the first offering in Mosaic Theater‘s second season, was memorable for many reasons. Maybe it was the fact that it was opening night and a packed house. Maybe it was the deft way in which Craig Wallace recovered seamlessly from a couple of crucial prop fails, while […]