Karen Carpenter

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The Gamm’s Circle Mirror Transformation

Real-life role playing
It could be called the water cooler effect: casual contacts among unlike people, repeated often enough, can lead to unlikely friendships.
By BILL RODRIGUEZ | September 20, 2011

Review: The Gamm's Paul examines the power of faith

True believer
Looking at Christianity objectively, historically, can appear to be critical, since religion is a matter of faith.
By BILL RODRIGUEZ | March 30, 2011

Review: The Gamm's Child's Christmas in Wales

Thomas's tales
The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre is presenting Dylan Thomas's A Child's Christmas in Wales , always a good idea at this time of year. This expanded version of the 2003 adaptation by artistic director Tony Estrella incorporates fragments of other works by the Welsh poet, even a complete short story, and continues in a short run through December 26.
By BILL RODRIGUEZ | December 15, 2010

Talking ’bout a revolution

The Gamm’s life-affirming Rock ’n’ Roll
It takes a theatrical genius like Tom Stoppard to come up with Rock ’n’ Roll, which merges the pulsing spirit of both until they feel like one. And it takes a theater of the caliber of the Gamm to make history feel like a Stones concert that becomes a political rally.
By BILL RODRIGUEZ | May 05, 2010

Ideas and emotions

The Gamm delivers Grace at a fever pitch
Grace takes place in the recent memories of the title character as well as in her difficult present. The basic concern here, which nags her like a toothache, is the non-existence of the divine.
By BILL RODRIGUEZ | March 17, 2009

Power play(1)

The Gamm's An Ideal Husband
At this time of renewed political idealism in the country, director Judith Swift has labeled the London setting of An Ideal Husband , at the Gamm through December 7, as "inspired by the 19th century, set in the 20th century, reflected in the 21st century."
By BILL RODRIGUEZ | November 12, 2008

June 2008

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By SYMBOLINE DAI | June 12, 2008

May 2008

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By SYMBOLINE DAI | May 01, 2008

April 2008

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April's planetary themes are fire and earth and a touch of water, which basically amounts to the conditions needed for pottery.
By SYMBOLINE DAI | April 01, 2008

Parlor games

Gamm’s Boston Marriage is a ticklish toss-off
The 19th-century practice of the lesbian “Boston marriage” was packed with enough human urgency and necessary social hypocrisy to supply any number of plays.
By BILL RODRIGUEZ | March 25, 2008

March 2008

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By SYMBOLINE DAI | March 03, 2008

The art of violence

Gamm’s Pillowman is unsettling
The most frightening thing about this play is the prospect that less than first-rate actors can perform it, skating upon its sensationalism rather than sinking into its depths.
By BILL RODRIGUEZ | February 05, 2008

February 2008

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By SYMBOLINE DAI | January 31, 2008

January 2008

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By SYMBOLINE DAI | December 31, 2007

He’s here!

Todd Haynes talks about his Dylan movie
I’m Not There is an apt name for a bio-pic with six Bob Dylans, none of them the real one.
By ROB NELSON | November 20, 2007

What is normal?

The Gamm's moving Elephant Man
The Gamm has done it again, giving us a performance not to be missed.
By BILL RODRIGUEZ | September 12, 2007

Voices carry

Gamm’s insightful Radio Free Emerson
This is the Age of Information, so of course we’re all ignorant.
By BILL RODRIGUEZ | May 23, 2007

Abuse and power

The Gamm's timely and troubling Enhanced Interrogation Techniques
Enhanced Interrogation Techniques, the four one-act plays at the Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre is not for the squeamish, but not in the way you think.
By BILL RODRIGUEZ | January 30, 2007