A retired lawyer, and a theater critic of many years’ standing, with over a decade reviewing for BroadwayWorld, Jack Gohn is now writing plays as well as reviewing them. He is a member of the American Theatre Critics Association and the Dramatists Guild. His plays have been produced by Baltimore's Rapid Lemon Productions and Spotlighters Theatre, and he has penned an upcoming production by the Theatrical Mining Company. See www.jackgohn.com.
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First Show:
First show: Comedy of Errors, Toledo, OH 1957. First NYC show (Off-Broadway): The Power and the Glory, Phoenix Theatre 1958.Favorite Show:
Absolutely impossible to say!Favorite Stories:
- Lynn Nottage’s Powerful If Somewhat Incoherent Las Meninas Receives a Strong Staging at UMBC -
- BWW Review: Weirdness Yields Insight in Masterly MEASURE FOR MEASURE at Chesapeake Shakespeare Company -
- BWW Review: What's Gonna Happen is a Hilarious Time: TOOTSIE at the Hippodrome -
- Review: RIDE THE CYCLONE At Arena Stage -
- BWW Review: Profoundly Moving CHESTER BAILEY at Contemporary American Theater Festival -
BWW Reviews: BETTE & BOO - Savage, Despairing Comedy with Sliver of Hope
April 25, 2010
April 25, 2010
The almost-universal experience of life in alcoholic and/or abusive families can be hilarious. Christopher Durang's play, well-staged at FPCT, takes us into the heart of savagely-rendered darkness, and maybe even a few steps out again.
Intoxicating On The Verge at Rep Stage
April 17, 2010
April 17, 2010
It seemed an unlikely concept: whip up an evening of delight largely on the strength of a love of modern slang and consumer culture. Yet this froth of logophilia works just fine, in a champagne flute of a show.
BWW Reviews: Dull Play, Polished Performance - MA RAINEY at Center Stage
April 15, 2010
April 15, 2010
Center Stage could have made a better programming choice than this overrated agitprop, but turns in a creditable performance
Five Years Rates Five Stars
April 10, 2010
April 10, 2010
New love that ends in tears, tears that begin in new love, beautifully written, intelligently sung and acted.
FPCT’s Eleemosynary: Tough Play, Honorable Try
March 13, 2010
March 13, 2010
Lee Blessing's 1985 play challenges with poor exposition, unbelievable and underdeveloped characters, and a conclusion that has not been dramatically earned. Fells Point Corner Theater confronts these handicaps in creditable fashion, with a standout performance by Jenn Mikulski.
Fanny's Farewell Fares Well
March 5, 2010
March 5, 2010
Kimberly Schraf is endlessly impressive as 19th Century superstar actress Fanny Kemble, looking back over an impressive life onstage and off.
BWW Reviews: UMBC Displays Its 'GRRL Parts'
March 5, 2010
March 5, 2010
New plays for college-age actresses provide a varied evening of impressive performances at University of Maryland, Baltimore County
BWW Reviews: CLOSER is Further Away at Mobtown, And That’s A Good Thing
February 22, 2010
February 22, 2010
Their mission is to yearn and rut. The women lie and the men fall into hopeless fits of jealousy, the centrifugal force that guarantees an unhappy ending for all. The play is more about the dance of destruction than it is about the dancers - well, the dance and the Pinteresque dialogue.
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