Review- The Temperamentals

The Neighborbee review by Karen Tortora-Lee.

Going to see The Temperamentals at the end of Pride Month was as deeply stirring as watching a reenactment of the signing of the declaration of independence on July 4th, if not more so. Because, while the history of how America fought and won its independence is a story that is well worn, the story of how, long before the Stonewall Riots, a group of men fought for their own personal freedom is one I’d never even heard about before seeing this amazing play.

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Review- Bigger Than I (Horse Trade Theater Group & Counting Squares Theatre)

The Neighborbee review by Karen Tortora-Lee.

Bigger than I starts off as a crazy jumble of words, actions and choreographed moves … a blast to the senses, almost like a (oh, I get it now!) Human Internet, speeding toward you at 100 miles an hour. The entire cast is on stage babbling, singing, almost Monty Python like, but not. However, soon enough they quiet down and one scene runs seamlessly into another. I don’t, however, want to give you the impression that this show is a sketch comedy show … it’s much more than that. It’s a winding path, a labyrinth,where things don’t lead to the place you though they would, and where some times things pop back up again from before but now there’s no telling what secret will be told or what the repercussions will be. READ THE FULL REVIEW AT NEIGHBORBEE .

Review-The Who's Tommy (Gallery Players)

The Neighborbee review by Karen Tortora-Lee.

I don’t think I took a breath for a full five minutes as I watched the first scene of The Gallery Player's production of The Who's Tommy (original book, music and lyrics by Pete Townshend). I’m not kidding, I literally sat there, stunned … amazed really, at what I was seeing, hearing … feeling. Between the orchestra booming out the amazing score, the lighting (designed by Chris Walsh) which convincingly transformed Michael Kramer’s set into a hatch through which men parachuted down to uncertainty, and the wonderful projection screens that held images of war, destruction, and carnage … well it was all I could do to blink. No doubt about it, Tommy starts with the velocity of a pinball released from the chute … and is the definition of breathtaking. READ MORE AT NEIGHBORBEE