There’s Not Much Substance There For Hir.
By Patrick Hurley
There is a continuing theatrical narrative of patriarchal and hegemonic representation. A plethora of American stories that deal with the lower to middle class American family through a very traditional lens, highlighting struggle. For the last decade or so, the surge of identity politics, awareness of a need to be more inclusive and over-correction of the aforementioned narrative, there has been a shift in the collective narrative from the white heteronormative expectancy of canonical works into one of many colors, shapes, sexual orientations, gender identities and cultural re-appropriations. Read more 
Awake is too Prosaic to Sing
By Patrick Hurley
The immutable hope for the American Dream to endure is alive and well in Awake & Sing! The revival production, playing now at the Odyssey theatre. Written in 1935 by Clifford Odets, it follows three generations of a Jewish family living in a small Bronx apartment during the great depression. Read more
King’s Road Aims High, Falls Short
By Patrick Hurley
Self discovery can come at any age. Off The King’s Road, playing now through August 2 at the Odyssey Theatre tackles the issue of loneliness and isolation; two unfortunate side effects of survival, of outliving those we love. Read more
Power and Corruption Rule 63 Trillion
By Patrick Hurley
Money is power. A mantra that is the driving force behind the financial system that keeps Capitalism thriving in America. It’s also the driving force behind 63 Trillion a new play by John Bunzel and presented by The New American Theatre and Mud bay Partners, playing now through June 7 at the Odyssey Theatre. Read more
Old Wounds Run Deep in Irish Drama
By Patrick Hurley
Some wounds never heal. This is the less-than-optimistic core of Corktown ’57, making its world premiere through May 3 at the Odyssey Theatre. Read more
Anna Christie Still Engaging After All These Years
By Patrick Hurley
Do people change? The timeless question, a storytelling trope as old as the sea, is at the heart of Eugene O’Neill’s Pulitzer Prize winning play Anna Christie, playing now through March 8 at the Odyssey Theatre. A wily, older seaman Chris (Jeff Perry), working coal barges and spending all his time ashore in a tavern with Marthy, (Mary Mara) the woman who lives on the barge with him, receives a letter that his daughter Anna (Zoe Perry) is on her way to see him for the first time in fifteen years. Read more
