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Mike Traylor

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    January 20, 2012

    A Song for Coretta from Black Theatre Troupe: The Movement's Not Over

    ​Playwrights have to make several decisions in the course of their work (unless they're lucky enough to be able to make great drama flying by the seats of their pants). One of the trickiest chores is what to do with your Big Idea, if you know what it is at the outset. Are you okay with the seams s ... More >>

  • Culture

    November 10, 2011

    Race: iTheatre Collaborative Makes the Most of David Mamet's Latest

    ​Playwrights have to make several decisions in the course of their work (unless they're lucky enough to be able to make great drama flying by the seats of their pants). One of the trickiest chores is what to do with your Big Idea, if you know what it is at the outset. Are you okay with the seams s ... More >>

  • Culture

    January 29, 2009

    A House with No Walls at the Herberger Theater Center Fails to Set Free the Emotions Associated with Slavery

    ​Playwrights have to make several decisions in the course of their work (unless they're lucky enough to be able to make great drama flying by the seats of their pants). One of the trickiest chores is what to do with your Big Idea, if you know what it is at the outset. Are you okay with the seams s ... More >>

  • Culture

    May 22, 2008

    Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde is sleep-inducing

    ​Playwrights have to make several decisions in the course of their work (unless they're lucky enough to be able to make great drama flying by the seats of their pants). One of the trickiest chores is what to do with your Big Idea, if you know what it is at the outset. Are you okay with the seams s ... More >>

  • Culture

    October 25, 2007

    Well Hung

    Stuffed and nonsense

  • Culture

    October 25, 2007

    Mike Traylor

    Acting like he knows what he's doing

  • Culture

    June 29, 2006

    I Was Robbied

    All the stage is a world

  • Culture

    February 9, 2006

    Sucker Punch

    Good actors in search of a better script

  • Culture

    September 22, 2005

    Maiden Heaven

    Modest and moving

  • Culture

    March 25, 2004

    In a Blind Pig's Eye

    Black Theatre Troupe's latest features fine performances -- and little else

  • Culture

    March 27, 2003

    Taxi Drivers

    It's the individual performances that make this production of Jitney worth hailing

  • Culture

    October 18, 2001

    Anti-Social Intercourse

    In Black Theatre Troupe's bawdy bIRTH, only the audience gets screwed

  • Culture

    April 6, 2000

    Waiting for Guffaw

    Under-rehearsed and overacted, dead serious Joe Turner emerges as the comedy surprise of the season

  • Culture

    October 21, 1999

    Jive Turkey

    Willie and Esther's racial stereotypes are hard to take

  • Culture

    August 5, 1999

    Writing Crop

    New Works festival helps whip untested stage fare into shape

  • Culture

    March 25, 1999

    Don't Carry Me Back to Ol' Virginny

    Way-back machine strips gears in continuum-tripping Insurrection

  • Calendar

    February 19, 1998

    Calendar for the week

    Way-back machine strips gears in continuum-tripping Insurrection

  • Culture

    February 20, 1997

    The Old and the Beautiful

    Black Theatre Troupe's Dancers is one for the ages

  • Culture

    November 7, 1996

    Ebony and Ivories

    Black Theatre Troupe's The Piano Lesson ends on sour note

  • Culture

    May 2, 1996

    Slumber Camp

    Black Theatre Troupe's The Piano Lesson ends on sour note

  • Culture

    November 9, 1995

    Diverse City

    Black Theatre Troupe's The Piano Lesson ends on sour note

  • Culture

    February 23, 1995

    TOO MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING

    Black Theatre Troupe's The Piano Lesson ends on sour note

  • Culture

    January 19, 1995

    REVEL WITHOUT A GAUZE

    Black Theatre Troupe's The Piano Lesson ends on sour note

  • Culture

    October 27, 1994

    POSTCARD FROM THE EDGE

    Black Theatre Troupe's The Piano Lesson ends on sour note

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