Reviews and Press 2004-2014

A compendium of production reviews and other press from 2004 - 2014.

Unknown Country: Plays by rising Canadian writers take New York

The Unknown Country is a shoestring celebration of Canadian theatre, run on a wing, a prayer and gallons of coffee by two expat women, actresses Virginia Roncetti of Toronto and Anne Fizzard of Newfoundland. Co-presented by the Playwrights Guild of Canada, the series showcased three readings of works by rising Canadian playwrights. The WorkShop Theater Company, which runs the Jewel Box, donated the space.

Mark Lepage

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Eddie Antar's 'The Navigator' 2012 Top Ten in Science Fiction Theater

The canniest binary character of 2012 wasn't a killer robot, megalomaniac supercomputer, or cyborg demanding its rights. Rather, it was an extraordinary GPS. Spying into the future, the title character of The Navigator advised its owner on his best course of action, from shortcuts of Westchester County to the path to financial security and finally smartest route back into his wife's heart. In a smart theatrical twist, writer Eddie Antar personified the GPS as a character, played superbly by an android-icy Kelly Anne Burns.

Aaron Grunfeld

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Eddie Antar's 'The Navigator' is Top Ten Theater in 2012

Eddie Antar’s surreal comedy imagined what would happen if your GPS car navigator not only had a mind of her own, but was also clairvoyant. This is just the kind of short-lived, no-budget, Off-Off (independent) jewel of a play that lucky intrepid theatergoers discover on their own, gone long before end-of-year top-ten lists come out, and remembered long after.

Jonathan Mandell

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The actors excel and the writing is crisp and real. If you wish to escape the relentless goodwill of the holiday season, snack on this entertaining treat.

Like sprinkles on a snowy cupcake, the WorkShop theater brightens up the evening with temptation, intrigue, anticipation, and finally that satisfied feeling you get when you've had just enough. From romance and life choices in the primordial ooze to violent options in a Nazi concentration camp, the plays are snapshots of what life can be and what we can make of it.

This yummy smorgasbord is provocative without being heavy, and kissed with light humor.

Karen D'Onofrio

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"The show was terrific!" - More year-end praise for Eddie Antar's 'The Navigator'

I still fondly recall The Navigator, which played the WorkShop’s main stage last spring. Eddie Antar’s play about a down-on-his-luck man and his GPS system which knows too much and maybe just enough had already won a pair of IT awards several years back, but it upgraded the show for its new 60-seat berth. Still small-scale but resourceful, the show was terrific...

Doug Strassler

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