How can a play written in 1988 where the bulk of the action takes place in the 1960s based around an opera written in 1904 feel at all relevant or captivating in contemporary culture? That is the question answered by Director Samip Raval and his able cast in David Henry Hwang’s M. Butterfly currently playing at ArtsWest.
A local troupe calling themselves Penguin Productions is staging a vibrant I and You in the Taproot’s Theatre’s Isaac Studio space. Shana Bestock ably directs Daisy Schreiber and Linda Cardona-Rigor in playwright Lauren Gunderson’s one-act gem. Opening night found the two leads rushing the opening scenes a bit, but once they found their footing they succeeded in presenting a solid rendition of this mind-bending exploration of Walt Whitman, transcendental philosophy and teen-age angst.
The Seagull Project, in collaboration with ACTlab, had their fourth opening night this weekend at Falls Theatre. Uncle Vanya is
A successful stage farce is much harder than it looks. What appears to be “running amok,” is actually a choreographed
Andrew Lloyd Webber is a musical treasure. Among his many works of note are “Cats,” “The Phantom of the Opera,”
