Posts Tagged ‘Michael Mayer’
A Classical Tragedy Reinvented: Oedipus in the L.A. Barrio
Playwright Luis Alfaro has bravely taken the story of Sophocles’ ‘Oedipus Rex’ and reimagined it in contemporary Southern California’s Chicano culture. His Oedipus is born not in Thebes but in Los Angeles, and instead of coming of age in the royal household of Corinth, he learns his trade in Kern County’s California State Prison . . .
Read MoreProdigal Sons Ground Up In American Idiot at Civic Theatre
From the enduringly popular rock ‘n’ roll group Green Day comes a stimulating stage version of their American Idiot album, pulled together by Michal Mayer of Spring Awakening fame and featuring on tour a lively cast of pre-professional music theatre kids.
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