Earthquake rumbles
on to Boston’s Comedy stage
Corey Manning
While his public profile might not be as large as arena-packing comics like Dave Chappelle, Chris Rock or Katt Williams, Earthquake is making a name for himself on the national scene after spending years building a serious rep on the stand-up circuit.
The 45-year-old comedian, born Nathaniel Stroman in Washington, D.C., has been killing for years, winning fans in Atlanta and throughout the South before earning slots on BET’s “Comic View,” HBO’s “Def Comedy Jam” and Comedy Central’s “Premium Blend.” A pair of well-received half-hour cable specials followed, as did film roles in “Getting Played,” “Clerks II” and the animated feature “Barnyard.” He’s also been seen on the small screen in the recurring role of Uncle Mike on Rock’s CW sitcom “Everybody
Hates Chris,” and as a panelist on HBO’s “Real Time with Bill Maher.” Full story
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Even after curtain, ‘Gibson Girl’ keeps you guessing
Victoria Cheng
There is a moment just before “The Gibson Girl” breaks for intermission when the play’s intricate pieces click into place, and you can just feel the audience get it as things gel.
Piece by piece: Teenage twin sisters Valerie and Win have been arguing in a school bathroom stall. Their mother Ruth has been consulting a psychic who warns of a coming barrage of tap dancing shoes. Ruth’s sister, Thelma, is pursuing a younger man through a series of thrift store encounters. The younger man’s own sister, Nia, has just installed her seventh smoke detector in her apartment. And somehow, the twins’ father and Nia’s next-door neighbor share a theoretical admiration for blackness as both physical and cultural concepts. Full story
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