“The business of the dramatist is to keep out of sight and let nothing appear but his characters.” Thus wrote T.B. Macaulay to the Edinburgh Review of 1825, and with that admonition in mind, I shall be brief. Why would anyone in his right mind want to be a dramatist? Well, perhaps it is because … Continue reading
Posted in April 2014 …
Your Enchanted Evening in the South Pacific, via Oklahoma City
Care to experience a toe-tapping musical theatre classic with a first-rate professional cast and a 38-piece orchestra playing the show’s fully orchestrated rhythms of the Big Band Era in faithful detail? Bebop on up to Oklahoma City April 24 – 27 to enjoy Oklahoma City Rep and Oklahoma City University’s co-production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s … Continue reading
A Female Playwright’s Garden of Delights: Little Black Dress INK
“Mary, Mary, quite contrary, How does your garden grow? With silver bells and cockle-shells, And pretty maids all in a row….” Substitute Waco-based playwright Tiffany Antone for Mary and her national New Playwright Festival “Planting the Seed” for garden – the answer to the nursery rhyme becomes exponentially across the United States. In 2009 Antone … Continue reading
Sanitizing Genocide & Dissing Critics at Undermain
Don’t you love it when theatre companies make stuff up and it unravels on Facebook? Here’s a recent example: Email I received from Undermain’s Press Director Dana Cobb on 3/10, re: press seats for 3/22 opening of We Are Proud to Present…: “Undermain Theatre strives to make as many performances accessible for reviewing press. Due … Continue reading
criticalrant.com Alexandra Bonifield 