Review: THE MOUSETRAP at Berkshire Theatre Group
by Marc Savitt - Jul 28, 2025
In the vernacular of the production, everything about it is quite satisfactory. Solid performances, handsome and functional staging, etc. It is all quite lovely. This production overall, however, fails to breakthrough. Christie’s script and characters are, as many of her works multifaceted and deliciously intertwined. As we get to know more about each of them over the course of the just short of two and a half hours (with one 15-minute intermission) information that makes all potential suspects much in the way the popular 1974 film Murder On The Orient Express did. This production is flat and rather two dimensional. Although the audience laughed in all the right places, we were never really drawn in. We watched the action play out before us, but the multitude of wait-what, and a-ha moments seemed to fall short not crossing the proscenium to connect with the audience members in the way they should. I will say that for me personally, , Matt Sullivan’s performance as Mr. Paravicini achieved the level of mysterious particularly well.
VIDEO: Watch Highlights from MTC's GOLDEN SHIELD
by Nicole Rosky - May 18, 2022
Manhattan Theatre Club's American premiere of Golden Shield, written by Anchuli Felicia King (White Pearl) and directed by May Adrales (Vietgone at MTC), opened just last night at New York City Center - Stage I. Golden Shield's ensemble cast features Cindy Cheung, Fang Du, Kristen Hung, Daniel Jenkins, Michael C. Liu, Max Gordon Moore, Ruibo Qian and Gillian Saker.
American Premiere of GOLDEN SHIELD Begins Previews Tonight at MTC
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 26, 2022
Manhattan Theatre Club’s American premiere of Golden Shield, written by Anchuli Felicia King (White Pearl) and directed by May Adrales (Vietgone at MTC), begins performances tonight at New York City Center – Stage I (131 West 55th Street). Opening night is Tuesday, May 17.
MTC's GOLDEN SHIELD Announces Full Cast & Creative Team
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 17, 2022
Manhattan Theatre Club is presenting the American premiere of Golden Shield, written by Anchuli Felicia King (White Pearl) and directed by May Adrales (Vietgone at MTC). The ensemble will feature Cindy Cheung, Fang Du, Kristen Hung, Daniel Jenkins, Michael C. Liu, Max Gordon Moore, Ruibo Qian and Gillian Saker.
X THE EXPERIENCE Extends its Run
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 1, 2021
Alvarez Keko Salazar Productions and Poseidon Theatre Company’s bold interactive online experience is releasing a new block of tickets to X the Experience. Now running through Saturday, May 22, X the Experience features the script writing debut of Strange Loop star Jason Veasey and is directed by Aaron Salazar (The Cooping Theory 1969).
Poseidon Theatre Company Announces X PART ONE: THE INSIDIOUS
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 5, 2020
The company today announced that it will present Kim Exum, Cheech Manohar, Gillian Saker & Meaghan Sands in X PART ONE: THE INSIDIOUS, a new online interactive installation, written by Jason Veasey, conceived and directed by Aaron Salazar, with music by Manuel Pelayo & Giancarlo Bonfanti & Matt Katz.
BWW Interview: Katy Lipson Talks ASPECTS OF LOVE at Southwark Playhouse
by Cindy Marcolina - Dec 31, 2018
Theatre producer Katy Lipson - who is producing artistic director of the Hope Mill Theatre in Manchester, as well as being an independent producer and who has recently taken on the road shows such as The Addams Family - is bringing Andrew Lloyd Webber's 1989 musical Aspects of Love to Southwark Playhouse which began at Hope Mill in August 2018. Here, we discuss what makes a good producer, her passion for theatre, and how the show resonates with the present times.