Posts Tagged ‘comedy-drama’
North Coast Evokes a Time of Change with Chekhov’s ‘The Cherry Orchard’
I have to admire NCR for its commitment to authors such as Chekhov and Pinter, as well as its commitment to actors talented enough to bring life to these plays.
Read MoreDiversionary’s ‘High Table’ Contrasts Traditional and Contemporary Mores
My tendency is to try to make sense of the culture being portrayed, though through the lens of the culture with which I’m familiar. Doing so is probably unfair on some level, but it’s all I’ve got.
Read MoreSan Diego is Stop #2 for the Rolling World Premiere of ‘The Great Khan’
Michael Gene Sullivan’s The Great Khan is about outcasts and how they cope…
Read MoreThe Old Globe Revives the Remarkably Fresh 1950s Play ‘Trouble in Mind’
Delicia Turner Sonnenberg’s production…encourages audiences to reflect on what has and hasn’t changed in 65 years…
Read MoreCoincidence Rules in Globe’s ‘Shutter Sisters’
There’s a lot of coincidence in Mansa Ra’s world premiere play, Shutter Sisters. Perhaps too much…
Read MoreFaded Glory Celebrates a Blackguard’s American History
Daniel Edgar Sickles’ life should have been a movie – or perhaps a television mini-series…The Sickles story is the equivalent of a blackguard’s American history, and its sweep is all but guaranteed to enthrall…It’s too bad, then, that Tim Burns’ play about Sickles, Faded Glory, now in its world premiere production at North Coast Rep, trades sweep for being shut up with a grumpy old man at the end of his life…
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