The Crippled Critic

 It was a wonderful respite from the grind of Spring Term, in my late-in-life return to college, to see a play. This is my reaction every ti...

 I am so glad I made time to see "A Few Good Men" at Lakewood. It was the best play I've seen in a very long while. Its reputa...

 I just glanced at the date on my last review. Over 7 months! I can think of no better way to break my "fast" than a murder myster...

 I've been anticipating "Mary Jane" since it was first announced Pre-CoVid. Then, as everything limped back to life, Third Rai...

 "True Story" is the play I've been looking forward to the most all Season. I am a huge fan of murder mysteries, and I couldn&...

(Pardon the rather belated review, please. The Crippled Critic is now also (rather unexpectedly,) the Crippled College Student once again, a...

 Sometimes one character steals the show.  In "Young Americans," that character is Joe. Danny Bernardo plays the character at diff...

 Most incarnations of Sherlock Holmes are rather dour. Sherlock is a tortured, nearly anti-social genius. "Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson&...

 "The Ghost of David Belasco" is a pleasant farce, which fits in quite well with the kinds of shows at which Lakewood Theatre is p...

A play which sends audiences back to the worst of The Pandemic might be a hard sell.  Kristina Wong know this. She acknowledges as much in t...