New Hazlett Theater

Holmes and Watson

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We read a book, a character is described, we form a mental picture: how she moves, the timbre of her voice, the look in her eye.  Some descriptive power is so vivid—theatrical even—that it gives the casting department little wriggle… Read More ›

Boundless

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Before the sensational sensuousness of Boundless even begins, a sort of breathless anticipation imbued the spacious yet cloistered theatre at New Hazlett Theatre. The dancers, pacing about with frantic delicateness, could be sensed in the wings and un the fibers… Read More ›

Big Fish

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There is a reason we tell each other stories that go beyond a recollection of the facts. We like to think we’re our own historians, and sometimes we are, but we don’t make myths as a matter of record. The… Read More ›

Avenue Q

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Imagine if Sesame Street was for adults. This is the premise of Avenue Q, a place where puppets are friends, Monsters are good and life lessons are learned. The show tells the story of Princeton, who is a young man… Read More ›

Resounding Sound

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I didn’t know much about Texture Contemporary Ballet’s Resounding Sound before arriving at the New Hazlett Theater. I was a fill in for another writer that had fallen ill, so I only really knew the time and the place. I walked… Read More ›

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