Email Author Jacob Gallagher-Ross

2013 Stories by Jacob Gallagher-Ross

• Bronx Bombers Is a Wax Museum Dedicated to Diamond Greats

  published October 9, 2013

  If the effigies of famous Yankees sluggers at Madame Tussaud's aren't lifelike enough for you, cross 42nd Street to watch Eric Simonson's... More >>

• Mike Daisey's Epic Project Is Good, So Far

  published September 18, 2013

  It's unusual to review a show after only seeing about a tenth of it. But All the Faces of the Moon, master monologist Mike Daisey's... More >>

• The Machine Plays High-Stakes Computer Chess

  published September 11, 2013

  Despite its title, The Machine isn't really about Deep Blue, the supercomputer that famously beat chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov in... More >>

• Let It Be: The (Un)Fab Four

  published July 31, 2013

  Let It Be, a new concert-style "celebration" of the Beatles and their ubiquitous music—which you would hardly think needs more... More >>

• The Island of Doctor Moreau Gets a Butoh-Inspired Adaptation

  published July 24, 2013

  Back when evolution was a scary new idea—unlike now, when in certain circles it's a scary old idea—H.G. Wells wrote The Island... More >>

• Go Time-Traveling at the Ice Factory Festival

  published July 10, 2013

  This year's Ice Factory festival of six new works transforms the New Ohio into a hot-weather time machine (never fear, the AC is cool). The... More >>

• Memory Can Be a Sticky Swamp in La Brea

  published June 26, 2013

  Like the famous tar pits, Gregory S. Moss's La Brea—directed by Adam Greenfield, part of Clubbed Thumb's 2013 Summerworks... More >>

• The Tutors School Some Tough (and Trite) Lessons

  published June 12, 2013

  In Erica Lipez's The Tutors—now playing at Second Stage Uptown, directed by Thomas Kail—a trio of earnest young pedagogues... More >>

• The Hotel Colors: Lost in Transition

  published May 8, 2013

  When you go home after living abroad, you inevitably leave part of yourself behind. If you were living in a different language, there are zesty... More >>

• Act of Will: Brustein Visits Shakespeare’s Retirement Home

  published April 17, 2013

  What did Shakespeare think about during his fallow final years? The playwright’s retirement remains a mystery. We find it hard to imagine... More >>

• Macbeth: Psyched Out

  published April 17, 2013

  Macbeth is one of the loneliest characters Shakespeare ever wrote. He sacrifices everything to his ravenous ambition—sleep, friendship,... More >>

• Henry IV, Part 1: Big Fat Questions

  published March 6, 2013

  Everybody loves Falstaff. The rotund knight—his appetite for life as large as his corpulent body, his respect for truth and conventional... More >>

• Isaac's Eye Spies a Lonely Genius

  published February 13, 2013

  When you imagine the exploits of the young Isaac Newton, cartoon graphics of falling apples and a fortuitous knock on the noggin might come to... More >>

• The Suit Might Need a Tailor

  published January 23, 2013

  Watching Peter Brook’s version of The Suit—now playing at BAM—is a bit like encountering an appealing handcrafted item... More >>

• Midsummer Arrives Midwinter

  published January 16, 2013

  If you chanced upon David Greig’s Midsummer after a hard day’s Fringing, you might think you’d lucked into a gem.... More >>