Posts Tagged ‘Wrekless Watson’
‘Cardboard Piano’–Diversionary’s Probing Political and Ethical Parable
The main issues that roil the plot of Hansol Jung’s searing 2016 play “Cardboard Piano” include forgiveness and redemption, life and death, race and colonialism, love and hate, faith and doubt, with a heavy dash of homophobia. And—let’s be clear about this—these are just the main themes of the play at Diversionary . . .
Read MoreDesign, Sound Take Stage in Compelling ‘BlackTop Sky’
The world is out of whack in no uncertain terms, and nobody’s feeling it more than Ida Peters, who’s dying to get her butt out of a Chicago low-income housing project. Her situation is multiplied by infinity in the real scheme of things — and a newly reconstituted Ira Aldridge Repertory Players has mounted a good show to that effect.
Read MoreThe Play’s the Thing in CCdd’s Clever ‘Best Goodbye’
Hip-hop fare has its blatant poetic streak, which in its own rite makes it a storyteller’s genre. San Diego-based playwright Gill Sotu understands this in no uncertain terms — his ‘The Best Goodbye’ is loaded with anecdotes big and small, and a savvy cast from Circle Circle dot dot takes the show from there.
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