The Night of the Hunter lyricist Stephen Cole shares about the production with Alexandra Bonifield on This Week in the Arts. The Irving-based Lyric Stage production opens 10/29 with full orchestration….. http://thisweekinthearts.flowercast.net/2010/10/28/stephen-cole-lyricist/ Go to http://www.lyricstage.org for information and tickets
Posted in October 2010 …
American Classic: Albee & Wingspan
Any critic worth his or her salt should thrill with delighted anticipation to get to view works written by any of America’s most recognized playwrights, no matter the scale or caliber or success of the productions. These works form an integral part of the artistic web of American culture. Eugene O’Neill, Arthur Miller, Thornton Wilder, … Continue reading
Scant Variety in 33 Variations at Theatre Three
33 Variations at Theatre Three is a clumsy and puzzling production. Inspired by Ludwig Beethoven’s Diabelli Variations (all thirty three of them), Moisés Kaufman’s dual-themed mystery romance/drama débuted on Broadway in 2009 (starring Jane Fonda) and won substantial accolades: in 2007 the Edgerton New American Play Award and in 2008 the Steinberg American Theatre Critics … Continue reading
Letts’ Play, Oklahoma City: October
August: Osage County. “It can be argued that this is the most significant theatrical work to come out of Oklahoma since a little musical you might have heard of, “mused Oklahoma City Repertory Theatre’s artistic director Don Jordan in an October 6 interview with ‘Oklahoma Gazette’ writer Eric Webb. Playwright Tracy Letts may have written, … Continue reading
Not Quite Heavenly: Uptown Players’ Closer to Heaven
If Dallas were to choose its Wonder Woman actress, it would have to be Morgana Shaw. The woman can out-sing and out-dance a crowd of 20 something performers pumping it hard beside her, any day. See her in a comedy or farce, and she tops the show. Marvel at her mastery of text, nuance and … Continue reading
Your Town & Mine @ Water Tower
“We all know that something is eternal. And it ain’t houses and it ain’t names, and it ain’t earth, and it ain’t even the stars . . . everybody knows in their bones that something is eternal, and that something has to do with human beings. All the greatest people ever lived have been telling … Continue reading
Anatomy of Heartbreak: Kitchen Dog Theater’s Betrayal
A surreal sculptural assemblage of every day items forms the central focus of Kitchen Dog Theater’s set for Harold Pinter’s celebrated 1978 play Betrayal. Shelved books, baby shoes, family photos, kitchen utensils, racked stemware, incidental furniture, scraps of clothing — all perch precariously, in upside down jumble, as if suspended in time and space, waiting … Continue reading
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