Reviews

  • A Breakdown Painted in Real Time: 300 Paintings at A.R.T.

    In 2021, Sam Kissajukian walked away from stand-up comedy, rented out an abandoned cake factory, and began painting. What followed was a six-month manic episode that produced over 300 large-scale works of art. 300 Paintings created and performed by Sam Kissajukian takes audiences on that ride an 80-minute solo show that is equal parts hilarious

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  • Sardines (a comedy about death) at The Huntington Gives Us a Tight 60 on the Ultimate Punchline 

    Chris Grace wrote and stars in this one-man piece, a tight 60-minute show really lands directed by his husband, Eric Michaud. He asks the audience to imagine a projector and then imagine the images flashing across it as he recounts the people he has lost throughout his life. The piece nudges us to grapple with

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  • High Kicks and Community Spirit: Can-Can at Sullivan Rep

    Sullivan Rep’s latest production, Can-Can, directed, choreographed, and costumed by Dan Sullivan, bubbles over with Cole Porter’s witty music and lyrics. The story centers on Pistache, the bold Montmartre café owner whose establishment is threatened by Aristide, a judge determined to shut down her scandalous can-can. But as the sparks of opposition fly, so too

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