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Text by Mary Gregory Photos by Adel Gorgy There’s a proverb that says “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” Working together – co-laboring – is the antithesis of many artists’ working methods. It takes concentration, deliberation and action to make
“Say YES!” Lillias White sings with evangelical incitement. “Life keeps happening every day/Say YES!” If this artist doesn’t raise your spirits, I’d feel for a pulse. (John Kander/ Fred Ebb-70 Girls, 70) “It’s not where you start/It’s where you finish…” she reminds us shimmying across the stage, leaning out. White
Third Rail Projects, known for immersive theater, has misguidedly teamed with Food for Love offering a so-called banquet during this production. Purchase cheap seats and eat beforehand. The play’s the thing. This young company’s abbreviated A Midsummer Night’s Dream is a romp. Director Zach Morris is equally creative with character,
Meg Flather is on a journey. It may not have started with her mother’s death in 2018, but it went into high drive with the transformative event. Outbound Plane is about “necessary endings, failures, and losses that, in time, take you where you need to go.” A compellingly different arrangement
Hands down the best reason to see this production is Marsha Mason. Kay, a woman of a certain age, enters the doctor’s waiting room talking about “an itch down there” and sexual frustration due to her husband, Gem’s (James), incapacitation after a stroke. She loves the “cantankerous old fuck” deeply.
Creators Davone Tines and Michael Schachter chose to dramatize Langston Hughes’ watershed 1931 poem because of its long shadow from slavery to subjugation and its shameful, continued relevancy. Inspired by written form emulating Harlem speakeasies, they utilize redolent choreography, spoken word popular at the time, solo vocals, and a chorus
Saluting two of our foremost musical theater songwriters in the same show, KT Sullivan and Jeff Harnar offer a bounty of terrific material. Though Sheldon Harnick (1924-), present tonight, and Charles Strouse (1928-) never worked together, they rose side by side in an era of such classic book shows as
History: In pre-Colonial society, homosexuality was commonly accepted in Uganda and neighboring countries. Laws prohibiting same-sex sexual acts were first put in place under British rule in the 19th century and later enshrined in the Penal Code Act 1950. By 2009, the death penalty was invoked. Though declared unconstitutional, witch
Text by Mary Gregory Photos by Adel Gorgy There’s a proverb that says “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” Working together – co-laboring – is the antithesis of many artists’ working methods. It takes concentration, deliberation and action to make art. And yet, artists get many of their ideas from other art and artists. The creative spark doesn’t often catch fire in a vacuum, and
“Say YES!” Lillias White sings with evangelical incitement. “Life keeps happening every day/Say YES!” If this artist doesn’t raise your spirits, I’d feel for a pulse. (John Kander/ Fred Ebb-70 Girls, 70) “It’s not where you start/It’s where you finish…” she reminds us shimmying across the stage, leaning out. White connects. Shoulders roll, arms rise, palms descend “…easy does it…” (Cy Coleman/Dorothy Fields- Seesaw) “We decided to put this together because the world, not just
Third Rail Projects, known for immersive theater, has misguidedly teamed with Food for Love offering a so-called banquet during this production. Purchase cheap seats and eat beforehand. The play’s the thing. This young company’s abbreviated A Midsummer Night’s Dream is a romp. Director Zach Morris is equally creative with character, choreography, and use of a space handicapped by pillars (artist Willem de Kooning’s former home/studio). Manipulation of candles in faerie hands is lovely. Formal dancing
Meg Flather is on a journey. It may not have started with her mother’s death in 2018, but it went into high drive with the transformative event. Outbound Plane is about “necessary endings, failures, and losses that, in time, take you where you need to go.” A compellingly different arrangement of “Open a New Window” (Jerry Herman) sets the tone. The described action is clearly one of survival not option. In the club, backs straighten,
Hands down the best reason to see this production is Marsha Mason. Kay, a woman of a certain age, enters the doctor’s waiting room talking about “an itch down there” and sexual frustration due to her husband, Gem’s (James), incapacitation after a stroke. She loves the “cantankerous old fuck” deeply. Her doctor has recommended buying a Rampant Rabbit which is exactly what it sounds like. Kay uncomfortably goes to check out the apparatus and is
Creators Davone Tines and Michael Schachter chose to dramatize Langston Hughes’ watershed 1931 poem because of its long shadow from slavery to subjugation and its shameful, continued relevancy. Inspired by written form emulating Harlem speakeasies, they utilize redolent choreography, spoken word popular at the time, solo vocals, and a chorus representing the multitude. Traditional spirituals emerge side by side with original music/lyrics embracing blues, minstrel shows, jitterbug, work songs, and New Orleans jazz. A dramatic
Saluting two of our foremost musical theater songwriters in the same show, KT Sullivan and Jeff Harnar offer a bounty of terrific material. Though Sheldon Harnick (1924-), present tonight, and Charles Strouse (1928-) never worked together, they rose side by side in an era of such classic book shows as She Loves Me, Fiddler on the Roof and Fiorello (Harnick) and Bye, Bye Birdie, Annie, and Applause. (Strouse.) The artists even mine a few revues
History: In pre-Colonial society, homosexuality was commonly accepted in Uganda and neighboring countries. Laws prohibiting same-sex sexual acts were first put in place under British rule in the 19th century and later enshrined in the Penal Code Act 1950. By 2009, the death penalty was invoked. Though declared unconstitutional, witch hunts, harassments, violence, and extrajudicial executions remain. October 2010 from CNN: Earlier this month, Rolling Stone newspaper — not affiliated with the U.S. magazine with
