No Accounting for Laughter
Leaving Iowa, a regional premiere, written by Tim Clue and Spike Manton, opened at Taproot Theatre on Friday night. Its subtitle could be: Unpleasant Family Vacations in a Station Wagon Recounted. Judging by the audiences laughter and applause, it obviously amused some people, but it bored me.
Denial ain’t just a river in Egypt.
“The House of Bernada Alba”, adapted by Emily Mann from Federico Garcia Lorca’s play of the same name, opened at Theatre 9-12 on Friday, May 5th. Considered by many as a martyr of the Spanish Civil War, Garcia Lorca was a very important early 20th Century Spanish poet and playwright. Like his surrealist friend, the painter Salvador Dali, Lorca was gay.
“I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change” is a musical composed of several vignettes that explore the world of dating,
Humorous uplifting play revisits Billy Elliotshire
The “Pitmen Painters” opened April 26th at ACT theatre. Written by the same author of the screenplay “Billy Elliot”, Lee Hall, it takes place in the North of England, and revisits the subject matter of “Billy Elliot.” It recounts the real-life story of The Ashington Group, miners turned painters, who got their start at a union-sponsored Worker’s Education Association art class in 1934.
In many ways “Clybourne Park” is your average living room drama: the audience is invited into the home of a
Developing new work is always risky business. Unlike the great classics, contemporary works just have not been tested over time.
