‘Matt and Ben’ Theater Review: Ancient Greek and the Absurd Collide for Clever Comedy

‘Matt and Ben’ theater review: Ancient Greek and the absurd collide for clever comedy

Much is being made now of Matt Damon’s starring as the Greek character Odysseus in the Homeric epic The Odyssey, but in the comedy Matt & Ben, a plot device derived from ancient Greek theater, the deus ex machina, plays a pivotal role as it did in tragedies by Aeschylus and Eumenides. In this one […]

Theater Review: Music City

An immersive musical fueled by dozens of country music hits set at a near-perfect replica of a Nashville dive bar? On paper, Music City simply sounds like a show that would not be my cup of tea. Country is one of the very last music genres I would ever gravitate towards, and thus, I did not see a path for this Off-Broadway show to win me over. And yet, despite my reservations, the sheer intimacy, vocal prowess, and feeling of authenticity are im…