As much as many people revere motherhood and elevate that august personage on to a hallowed pedestal, the reality exists that sometimes she’s just a mean, conniving old broad that deserves a sharp comeuppance. Martin McDonagh’s 1996 black comedy The Beauty Queen of Leenane addresses the subject explicitly. If well performed, the play can both … Continue reading
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Best of 2014 On Stage: the view from Criticalrant
“I operate on the premise that a theatre’s job is to prevent people from leaving their seats before the entertainment is over.” I concur wholeheartedly with Tom Stoppard, who uttered those words in … Continue reading
Yorkshire Bounty on Parade: “Calendar Girls” do Lewisville
Selling out! Added performance Thursday Dec. 18: call now to reserve your seat! There’s no way around it. Tim Firth’s 2008 stage adaptation of his internationally acclaimed 2003 film Calendar Girls is about as unabashedly steeped in sentimentality as it could get. That’s the bare truth. Currently in its Southwestern premiere at Greater Lewisville Community Theatre … Continue reading
Sock It To Bernard: “Boeing Boeing” Flies High at GLCT
French people often get recognized both for their rudeness and their risqué sense of humor. Marc Camoletti’s romantic farce “Boeing Boeing”, listed in 1991’s Guinness Book of Records as the ‘most performed French play in the world’, explores both aspects of the French personality and delivers a hilarious evening of fun, fluff and frou-frou. If … Continue reading
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