Phillip Andrew Bennett Low's blog
'Twas the Night Before Christmas
Title: 'Twas the Night Before Christmas
Company: Stages Theatre Company
Playing Through: December 28th
Initial Thought: A Visit from St.MORE »
Another Night Before Christmas
Title: Another Night Before Christmas
Theatre: Chanhassen Dinner Theatres
Playing Through: December 31st
Another Night Before Christmas presents itself as a kind of sequel/modernization of A Visit from St.MORE »
My Sinking Ship
by Phillip Andrew Bennett Low | 8/4/09 • Well, I loved it. I don't know why more people aren't seeing it.
Her first show, All the Things I Never Told My Mother, will always have a special place in my heart. And her last show, I'll Marry You For Health Insurance, remains by far her best-written script to date (albeit one that I struggled with). But this one?MORE »
Alice Unwrapped
by Phillip Andrew Bennett Low | 8/4/09 • Urg. Another one that I'm in complete disagreement with the majority on. This is one that I've been hearing a lot about through the grapevine, to the point that at last one person teared up while he was recommending it to me. The show concluded in a nearly unanimous standing ovation.MORE »
Mansion of Dust
by Phillip Andrew Bennett Low | 8/1/09 • Note that I arrived nearly a full ten minutes late for this one.MORE »
Sideways Stories From Wayside School
by Phillip Andrew Bennett Low | 8/1/09 • Before entering the theatre, my companion asked me to tell her about the books: I replied that, while I'd read them when I was a child, I sustained hardly any memory of them.MORE »
Buyer's Remorse
by Phillip Andrew Bennett Low | 8/4/09 • This is another show that I stumbled into purely by random chance, and I winced when I opened the programme and saw that the play was by the author of Killer Smile -- a show that I found well-constructed, but ultimately hollow and a bit tedious.MORE »
Crescendo
by Phillip Andrew Bennett Low | 8/4/09 • All indicators suggest that Allegra Lingo has another hit on her hands: admirable numbers, glowing response. I've been a fan of her for years: I'm pretty sure I've seen every one of her previous shows, and found each one to be progressively stronger than the last.MORE »
Casebolt and smith: Speaking Out!
by Phillip Andrew Bennett Low | 8/4/09 • I was on the West Bank with an open slot, and I found myself drawn to this one: I'd seen a preview of their work at the Out-of-Towner's showcase, and it had stuck in my head sufficiently for me to check them out further.
Their opening dance was simply and elegantly done, and lovely to look at; though I'll confess there was a part of my brain going Ah. Whole show is going to be like this.MORE »
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