Posts Tagged ‘Kristianne Kurner’
The Title Is Misleading, But NVA’s ‘American Hero’ Is Not
It carried its harmful side effects, but in many quarters, the Great Recession was no match for human enterprise and ingenuity. If something like it ever happens again — and it will — New Village Arts’ good ‘American Hero’ will serve as a marker for those who showed their colors despite themselves.
Read MorePast Is Murky Prologue in Excellent ‘Awake And Sing!’
The world can be a deeply errant place, but it has nothing on its own past. Clifford Odets’ ‘Awake and Sing!’ is 82 years old, after all, and it’s a decided reflection on today’s craziness — you’ll find the parallels abundant in New Village Arts’ excellent production.
Read MoreYasmina Reza Is No Albee, But That Doesn’t Stop NVA’s Excellent ‘Carnage’
Playwright Yasmina Reza says we’re all kids at heart — and that’s not necessarily a compliment. Witness her ‘God of Carnage,’ the very good current mount at Carlsbad’s New Village Arts, and the abject childishness that so-called adults trot out when the veneers they’ve worked so hard to build are threatened. Indeed, the sins of the children are visited on those over 21.
Read MoreIt’s All About Her in NVA’s Pretty and Decent Biographical ‘Emilie’
In an especially good-looking show, New Village Arts wonders if the head or the heart rules the day in fueling human enterprise. A relatively obscure figure from history does the asking in ‘Emilie: La Marquise du Chatelet Defends Her Life Tonight,’ with topheavy but very interesting results.
Read MoreMaybe NVA’s ‘The Weir’ Would Have Worked As a Staged Reading
It’s a paper-thin veil between life and death, it is, and the regulars at The Weir pub spin the yarns that prove it. But like the ghosts and goblins that color the supernatural tales in the plot, New Village Arts’ production of this Conor McPherson play is inexplicably lifeless.
Read MoreSamantha Ginn Shines in NVA’s OK ‘Sylvia’
Samantha Ginn can do no wrong in ‘Sylvia,’ the latest entry from Carlsbad’s New Village Arts, and her castmates come up awfully strong as well. This is a pretty funny show that nevertheless tends to falter in lockstep with playwright A.R. Gurney.
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