And so: Here’re five shows you can see this very evening that more or less won over individual foot soldiers from our unstoppable blog-army.
Sisters of Ellery Hollow (The Apothecary, 6 p.m.) — Olivia Gunn says Stephen Spotswood‘s whimsical tale of two sisters who tell each other stories to transcend the pain of their lives is a worthy diversion for those prepared to suspend disbelief.
The Vindlevoss Family Circus Spectacular! (Baldacchino Gypsy Tent Bar, 6 p.m.) — Lindsey Boyle was quite taken in by the multitude of characters performed by a company of two, and especially by the professor’s mustache.
The Oregon Trail: The Quest for the West! (The Mountain – Mt. Vernon United Methodist Church, 7:45 p.m.) — Regular WCP theater critic Rebecca J. Ritzel thinks this game-based musical has a real future, unlike her middle-school crush, a cholera casualty every time they played the old computer game.
Boston Marriage (Spooky Universe – Universalist National Memorial Church, 7:45 p.m.) — David Mamet‘s Victorian-ladies-cohabitating play is — says Aaron Wiener — Waiting for Godot with an Aaron Sorkin polish.
Preacherman (Wonderbox, 8:15 p.m.) — Ian Buckwalter was moved to paraphrase Dennis Hopper in Speed in his assessment of this one-man show from the Reverend Nuge, a self-described “Pentecostal minister-turned-athiest street magician, strip-club bartender and law-school dropout,” searching for his place in our unforgiving world.
So you’ve got some options. Go, get thee to a show!
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