Kenji Fujishima
Central Operations Analyst, Citizen and Film Critic at Freelance
Film and theater critic, general arts enthusiast, constant seeker of the sublime.
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2 weeks ago |
theatermania.com | Kenji Fujishima
“Ladies and gentlemen…Jonathan Groff!” In the context of the bio-musical subgenre, this opening line of the new Bobby Darin musical Just in Time feels subversive. Instead of immediately presenting us with its star as Darin, book writers Warren Leight and Isaac Oliver have Groff introduce himself as our emcee, who will eventually play Darin after he serenades us with a couple of the crooner’s hits. It’s a startling opening salvo for a surprisingly entertaining show.
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4 weeks ago |
theatermania.com | Kenji Fujishima
Legendary British playwright Caryl Churchill has a reputation for forthrightly tackling political issues in her plays, especially regarding feminism and capitalism. But works like Cloud Nine, Top Girls, and Love and Information aren’t celebrated just for their sociopolitical content.
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1 month ago |
theatermania.com | Kenji Fujishima
There are only two design credits in the program for I’m Assuming You Know David Greenspan: set and costume designer Arnulfo Maldonado and lighting designer Yuki Nakase Link. Not that their work is negligible. Maldonado furnishes an otherwise bare stage with a couch and white screens, and Link deploys lighting cues to suggest moments when the drama moves to a different setting.
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1 month ago |
theatermania.com | Kenji Fujishima
If nothing else, the new Broadway revival of Glengarry Glen Ross demonstrates just how difficult it is to get playwright David Mamet’s distinctive dialogue style exactly right.
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1 month ago |
theatermania.com | Kenji Fujishima
Those who went to journalism school back in the day will surely remember one value many of its professors trumpeted: the aim for objectivity, of simply reporting facts to allow readers to draw their own conclusions. Is it enough to be impartial, though, when it comes to speaking truth to power, especially when such powers actively amplify misinformation and try to return the United States to a regressive status quo?
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My latest review for @theatermania is of the new off-Broadway solo play I'M ASSUMING YOU KNOW DAVID GREENSPAN. Among other things, it's a highly eccentric tribute to a luminary of downtown New York City theater. Read more about it here: https://t.co/XZctwtDWSB https://t.co/iwZniZ8guf
RIP Val Kilmer. He features in one of the formative movies of my youth, TOP SECRET!, so naturally, this is what I immediately thought of when I heard he had passed: https://t.co/bffEw4csYv
My latest review for @theatermania is of one of the hottest tickets on Broadway right now: a revival of GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS starring Kieran Culkin, Bob Odenkirk, and Bill Burr. How is it? Read all about it here: https://t.co/K4JNljJuWe https://t.co/VJNeRzS2Mv
