When Lope de Vega launched Fuente Ovejuna (The Sheep Well) in 1614, he meant his play, based on an actual event, to sound a warning. When does political power go over-the-top and become outrageous? Lope looked back to a turbulent period in 1476 to find the answer. [Read more...]
Fuente Ovejuna
April 3, 2009 By Leave a Comment
When Lope de Vega launched Fuente Ovejuna (The Sheep Well) in 1614, he meant his play, based on an actual event, to sound a warning. When does political power go over-the-top and become outrageous? Lope looked back to a turbulent period in 1476 to find the answer. [Read more...]
Chicago
April 3, 2009 By 1 Comment
Perhaps you remember the wonderful scene in the 1979 Bob Fosse film All That Jazz in which Ann Reinking and Erzsebet Foldi-playing the Fosse stand-in Joe Gideon’s girlfriend and teenage daughter, respectively-perform a little living-room jazz-dance number for Roy Scheider, who plays Gideon. The performance is a lovely, homey respite from Gideon’s hectic speed-and-booze-fueled preparation for a Lenny-like biopic and a Chicago-like Broadway show. [Read more...]
The Faithkiller
April 3, 2009 By Leave a Comment
With The Faithkiller, Taffety Punk Theatre Company gives us the world premiere of a work by the gifted Washington-area playwright Gwydion Suilebhan. All hail Taffety Punk! Moreover, the play is an ambitious one, thematically challenging and technically complex. All hail Taffety Punk again, as well as playwright Suilebhan! [Read more...]
