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The Best Judge, The King

February 4, 2009 By 1 Comment

bestjudgeThe Best Judge, The King (El Mejor Alcalde, El Rey)
By Lope de Vega
Adapted and Directed by Macarena Baeza (from Chile)
Produced by GALA
Reviewed by Rosalind Lacy

    Fling open windows and doors. Let in fresh air and sunlight. Lope de Vega has been inaugurated in Washington D.C.  The Best Judge, The King (El Mejor Alcalde, El Rey) transports us to the Golden Age of the 17th century Spanish Theatre, and the GALA Hispanic Theatre rivets it to life  with a magnificent U. S. premiere  performance of a masterpiece rarely staged outside Spain. [Read more...]

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    Cool Papa’s Maurice Hines and Tom Jones

    February 3, 2009 By 4 Comments

    Cool Papa’s Party
    A conversation with choreographer Maurice Hines and writer/director Thomas W. Jones II
    by Joel Markowitz

    It was late, the end of a long evening rehearsal, and the cast of Cool Papa’s Party had one more song in them – “Sho’ Can Dance” which they recorded for us before quitting the stage, leaving just me, 12-time Helen Hayes Award-Winning writer and director Thomas W. Jones II, and the legendary dancer, director and choreographer Maurice Hines. [Read more...]

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    The Winter’s Tale

    February 2, 2009 By Leave a Comment

    winterstaleThe Winter’s Tale
    By William Shakespeare
    Directed by Blake Robison
    Produced by Folger Theatre
    Reviewed by Tim Treanor

    Can Blake Robison, with imaginative staging and a vigorous and powerful cast, breathe sweetness and life into this tired old warhorse of a play? Hah! You might as well ask whether Mike Tomlin can use the old-school virtues of a fierce defense and a low-risk offense to win yet another Super Bowl for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Of course he can! And he does! [Read more...]

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    Funeral Potatoes

    February 2, 2009 By Leave a Comment

    funeralpotatoes1Funeral Potatoes
    Written and Performed by Jjana Valentiner
    Directed by Dody DiSanto
    Produced at Mead Theatre Lab at Flashpoint
    Reviewed by Debbie Minter Jackson

    The talented Jjana Valentiner brings a cache of characters to life in this touching collective of family members from Mormon stock on their various, sometimes comical life journeys.  Riffing on and off the subtitle-”A Good Wife Always Knows Her Place,” the play centers on a young woman struggling with her family’s request that she speak at her grandfather’s funeral. [Read more...]

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