The Hateful Eighth: An Octoroon and To Tell My Story: A Hamlet Fanfic, reviewed.
Chris Klimek
Erika Rose and Kathryn Tkel in An Octoroon (Woolly Mammoth).
My review of Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company remount of An Octoroon, the best show I saw in 2016, is here. I should've credited Gwydion Suilebhan (a Woolly staffer, though I've known him longer than he's been on payroll there) for the observation in paragraph four about police body cameras; I couldn't swear I would've thought of that if he hadn't mentioned it to me when we were chatting after the show. He's a playwright and a very smart guy, so if you're going to pilfer ideas, he's a good victim. Also, the 2016 cast isn't quite "fully intact" like I said in paragraph three; Felicia Curry is new to the remount.
I also reviewed To Tell My Story: A Hamlet Fanfic, the latest literary comedy from Washington Post humor columnist Alexandra Petri.
FURTHER READING: My 2013 profile of An Octoroon playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins.