Check out theater reviews written by Ife Oshun. She has written and produced for TV and Off-Broadway theater, and also worked at studios, productions and theatre companies such as Star Trek, Tyler Perry Studios, All My Children, La Mama and Circle Rep Lab. In addition, Ife is the author of the Angelica Brown young adult fantasy series.
Company
Company hinges on the idea that, for a single person, hitting the age of 35 is a legitimate trigger for existential angst-filled fever dreams and musings on marriage. Wait. Freaking out about turning 35. Is that still a thing? READ FULL REVIEW
Fat Ham
Association With Alliance Theatre
And Front Porch Arts Collective
I sauntered into Huntington Theater’s opening night of James Ijames’ Fat Ham, thinking that the 2022 Pulitzer Prize and five-time Tony winner would constitute yet another rendition of ye ole Hamlet. Hours later, jaded-ness exorcised by comic genius and belief in fresh Shakespeare takes renewed, I cried happy tears inspired by Black, queer joy. READ FULL REVIEW
The Sound of Music
cast of “The Sound of Music” at
North Shore Music Theatre.
With the North Shore Music Theatre production of the Sound of Music, the poignancy and power of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s sonic legacy is alive once more. Under the musical direction of Milton Granger, Desi Oakley brings massive energy to the role of Maria, the guitar-toting governess who defies her recent-widower employer’s anti-music edict, and brings song-filled joy into the lives of his seven children. READ FULL REVIEW