Posts Tagged ‘Francis Gercke’
The Ways of the Universe Are Too Much for Backyard’s ‘Gutenberg! The Musical!’
Two of the summer’s better performances are up at Diversionary Theatre — but amid some criminally ingratiating material, the actors can do only so much in Backyard Renaissance Theatre Company’s slovenly Gutenberg! The Musical!.
Read MoreUnrequited Love Smarts In Cygnet’s Good ‘Stupid F**king Bird’
Love and art basically suck, at least when our sensibilities toward each are locked in mortal competition. Anton Chekhov said as much when he wrote ‘The Seagull’ in 1898 — and today, Cygnet Theatre Company is mounting a good treatise to the same effect.
Read More‘The Elephant Man’ Lumbers in Oceanside
Perhaps it’s the play, that the ideas have become so readily accepted as to have lost their vibrancy. Then again, perhaps not…
Read More‘Parlour Song’ Debuts, Along With its Company
Parlour Song is the first outing for Backyard Renaissance. If the next production, announced for April 2016, is as good it should be very good, indeed…
Read MoreEverybody Flock to Cygnet’s Shepards
The American Dream is in reality the American Nightmare, and Sam Shepard is here to prove it. Cygnet Theatre’s very good Shep-Rep fare, comprising “True West” and “Fool for Love,” is Shepard come alive, with two emotionally raw scripts and a scathing indictment of a country that’s clearly lost its way.
Read MoreArt Equates Life in Intrepid’s Rambunctious ‘I Hate Hamlet’
Andrew Rally has no idea what he’s doing as a Shakespearean actor, but he does know something about artistic integrity, whether he realizes it or not. An acting lesson or two from the iconic John Barrymore (rather, his ghost) help define that lofty concept in Intrepid Shakespeare Company’s rambunctious “I Hate Hamlet.”
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