The musical "Parade" now at the Mark Taper Forum is about the past and the present, how people can celebrate the misery of others based on...
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The musical "Parade" now at the Mark Taper Forum is about the past and the present, how people can celebrate the misery of others based on...
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Just what does a Norwegian violinist have to do with a play and sexual harassment? Here's how and Ole Bull brought us Oleanna. Once upon a time there...
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If you get past the Mamet speak of the first act, the beginnings of thoughts and sentences that are never completed or are interrupted before they can...
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David Mamet's "Oleanna" is a problem play if there ever was one. Short, it packs a lot of uncomfortable material tightly with a resolution...
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Sometimes even the playwrights are surprised by their plays. Octavio Solis was when his unpolished version of "Lydia" was a hit at a teen...
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Sometimes the right audience doesn't find a play. When Octavio Solis' "Lydia" was being workshopped, it got rave reviews from teenager girls...
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