Professional theatre reviews, relationship and sexuality articles, personal essays.
“There’s a deep-seated magic to the Peter Pan story, a spark, bright as Tinkerbell and as hard to pin down and define. J.M. Barrie’s story may have burst into the canon of beloved children’s tales in the early 20th century, but its allure and stamina are so powerful that it seems as if it has always existed.”
Full Review of the Lyric Stage production of Peter and the Starcatcher, 2016
“With playfulness and dexterity, Bedlam projects questions about identity, gender, appearances, love, and revenge through a theatrical prism that discloses new colors and shades in one of the Bard’s most beloved texts.”
“There’s nothing that can sink a work of art into banality quite so reliably as political relevance….Unfortunately, though this show is ‘inspired by a true story,’ its truths are too superficially made, its characters too stock, its plot too pat, and its music too unmemorable to be as artistically powerful as its subject matter deserves.”
“One problem is that people think of consent discussions as robotic exchanges. ‘May I please touch your left breast?’ ‘Permission to proceed to pants removal?’ ‘Initiate penetration protocol?’ Worse, they use this absurd idea as an excuse not to teach or encourage consent in young people.”
Full article at PleazeMe, an adult relationships and sexuality site