Arthur Lazere
James Joyce had a theory of "epiphanies" which posited that seemingly insignificant incidents can be the source of profound insights. The Dead, his short story first published in 1914, is his theory proven. In its brief length, a handful ...
Suzanne Weiss
Sooner or later it had to happen. Cesaria Evora put on shoes. Granted they were old-man slip-on bedroom slippers but shoes all the same. The grandmotherly diva of world music, famed for shuffling onstage in her bare ...
Roy Sorrels
Basic to the enjoyment of most plays is the temporary suspension of disbelief. We know Hamlet is actually George Spelvin, a chap we might run into on the subway or see on the corner eating a hot dog. Those ...
Harvey O'Brien
Chair consists of reflections on life and death loosely organized around the fragmented story of a female serial killer awaiting execution by electric chair. She reminisces about her crimes and the nature of human existence. Is the taking of life ...
Roy Sorrels
The Center of Gravity is two hours of pure comic delight, served up on the vest-pocket stage of the Manhattan Theatre Source with style, energy, and a marvelous combination of slapstick, down home wit, and oddly touching philosophic depth. ...
Roy Sorrels
On a rocky, end-of-the-world island off the coast of Sweden, with angry waves crashing endlessly, maddeningly just outside the off-kilter tower of a former prison, a man and a woman are at home, driving each other absolutely crazy. The ...
Arthur Lazere
Ibsen is called the father of modern drama and Hedda Gabler (1890) perfectly exemplifies the ways that he leapt forward from more traditional 19th century theater. Focused on character rather than plot, on contemporary people and society, and ...
Suzanne Weiss
Playwright Naomi Iizuka has fulfilled a prime dictum of true art in her 36 Views, now having its world premiere at Berkeley Rep. According to philosopher/critic George Santayana, a work of art is most successful when the feeling and ...
Harvey O'Brien
Dublin, Dra�ocht Centre for the Arts September 11 - 15 Waterford International Festival of Light Opera September 26 Howard Goodall’s musical adaptation of Melvyn Bragg’s novel inspired by the life of his paternal grandfather ...
Harvey O'Brien
First staged in 1970, How the Other Half Loves is a direct descendant of the drawing room farces of Oscar Wilde and No�l Coward. It adds a more contemporary outlook, including references to and a certain dependence upon the ...
