Posts Tagged ‘Max Macke’
Past 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 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 MoreNew Fortune’s ‘Birthday Party’ Puzzles and Enlightens
What if you have a play consisting entirely of unreliable narrators?
Read MoreNew Village Arts’ Excellent ‘Mockingbird’: Out of the Mouths of Babes
‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ is a landmark novel, film and play on race relations as the national disgrace they once were. If you go to New Village Arts’ excellent entry, you’ll see why.
Read MoreShakespeare your groove thing
As the disco ball spins and drinks flow, a sexed up cast recreates the tale of star-crossed lovers in a disco night club. There is simulated debauchery and the spell that makes Bottom have the head of an ass. And most notable, the audience is encouraged, nay, bewitched into disco dancing on the dance floor. This could be the campiest, most interactive show ever.
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