Mark Montgomery and Kate Fry in Victory Garden’s “In the Next Room or the vibrator play” One simple moment in Sarah Ruhl’s In The Next Room or the vibrator play particularly struck me. It’s a scene where Catherine Givings (the outstanding Kate Fry), in preparation for a procedure by her stoically scientific husband (Mark Montgomery),… Read More Victory Gardens’ ‘In the Next Room or the vibrator play’ hits the spot
“A Minster’s Wife” in the 2009 Writers’ Theatre production (left) and at Lincoln Center (right). In my list of top shows for 2009, I ranked Writers’ Theatre’s A Minster’s Wife as #1. From Kate Fry’s enchanting leading-lady performance to Liz Baltes as the bitter second banana (for which she won a Jeff award) to Joshua… Read More ‘A Minister’s Wife’ opens Off-Broadway
Matt Schwader sweeps Kate Fry off her feet in Chicago Shakespeare Theatre’s “As You Like It.” “Can one desire too much of a good thing?,” aks the love-happy Rosiland in William Shakespeare’s gender-bending, romantic romp, As You Like It. In Chicago Shakespeare Theatre’s extremely winning production, it’s quite possible. This is one thoroughly enjoyable production,… Read More You’ll more than like Chicago Shakespeare Theatre’s ‘As You Like It’
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