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Barbara Mackay
Arena Stage offers a powerful ‘View’
- Arthur Miller’s “A View from the Bridge,” playing at Arena Stage, is a Miller classic: On the surface, it deals with modern issues, while in fact exploring age-old, mythic themes.
- Arthur Miller’s “A View from the Bridge,” playing at Arena Stage, is a Miller classic: On the surface, it deals with modern issues, while in fact exploring age-old, mythic themes.
Devilishly funny
- C.S. Lewis’ book “The Screwtape Letters” was first published in 1942. Since then it has captured the hearts and minds of many who appreciate the author’s wry humor and cleverly inverted arguments regarding faith and morality.
- C.S. Lewis’ book “The Screwtape Letters” was first published in 1942. Since then it has captured the hearts and minds of many who appreciate the author’s wry humor and cleverly inverted arguments regarding faith and morality.
American Century’s ‘Nightingale’ really sings
- “The Eccentricities of a Nightingale” was Tennessee Williams’ effort to improve on his “Summer and Smoke.” A lot of ink has been spilled over which play is better, but it really doesn’t matter. Although “Eccentricities” shares some of the characters of its predecessor, it’s a thoroughly different drama and its rich symbolism deserves to be appreciated on its own merits.
- “The Eccentricities of a Nightingale” was Tennessee Williams’ effort to improve on his “Summer and Smoke.” A lot of ink has been spilled over which play is better, but it really doesn’t matter. Although “Eccentricities” shares some of the characters of its predecessor, it’s a thoroughly different drama and its rich symbolism deserves to be appreciated on its own merits.
Signature Theatre offers a bittersweet ‘Happy Time’
- “The Happy Time,” the second show in Signature Theatre’s Kander and Ebb Celebration, was first produced on Broadway in 1968. It’s a touching saga about the age-old struggle to reconcile a desire for hearth and home with a desire to be footloose and fancy-free.
- “The Happy Time,” the second show in Signature Theatre’s Kander and Ebb Celebration, was first produced on Broadway in 1968. It’s a touching saga about the age-old struggle to reconcile a desire for hearth and home with a desire to be footloose and fancy-free.
‘Blood Wedding’ offers passionate poetry
- Federico Garcia Lorca was one of the world finest symbolist poets, and his drama is always infused with myth and metaphor. The production of his “Blood Wedding,” currently playing at the GALA Theatre at Tivoli Square, sensitively capitalizes on Garcia Lorca’s commitment to drama as a poetic, allegorical experience.
- Federico Garcia Lorca was one of the world finest symbolist poets, and his drama is always infused with myth and metaphor. The production of his “Blood Wedding,” currently playing at the GALA Theatre at Tivoli Square, sensitively capitalizes on Garcia Lorca’s commitment to drama as a poetic, allegorical experience.
A tip of the bowler to Studio
- If you like clowning-good old-fashioned pratfall — and-slapstick clowning — then you’ll appreciate the first production of rainpan 43 at the Studio Theatre, “All Wear Bowlers.” A collaboration by Geoff Sobelle and Trey Lyford, “All Wear Bowlers” is a goofy mythic journey of two lost souls who stumble out of a silent film wasteland into a theater with no exit.
- If you like clowning-good old-fashioned pratfall — and-slapstick clowning — then you’ll appreciate the first production of rainpan 43 at the Studio Theatre, “All Wear Bowlers.” A collaboration by Geoff Sobelle and Trey Lyford, “All Wear Bowlers” is a goofy mythic journey of two lost souls who stumble out of a silent film wasteland into a theater with no exit.
