Place: Berlin, Germany; a small cabaret theatre. Time: between the two World Wars. The democratic Weimar Republic has been established in the wake of Germany’s humiliating defeat. But the Allies’ punitive reparations have left the economy in shambles, the people depressed, resentful, quick with a bitter quip, in desperate need of escape. [Read more...]
Berliner Kabarett
April 7, 2009 By 1 Comment
Place: Berlin, Germany; a small cabaret theatre. Time: between the two World Wars. The democratic Weimar Republic has been established in the wake of Germany’s humiliating defeat. But the Allies’ punitive reparations have left the economy in shambles, the people depressed, resentful, quick with a bitter quip, in desperate need of escape. [Read more...]
High Bench Knocks Down Malvolio Award
April 7, 2009 By 2 Comments
U.S. Supreme Court Justices Ginsburg, Breyer, Alito lead Illyrian Court in Groundbreaking Decision
The Supreme Court of Illyria last night, by a 6-1 vote, struck down a $10 million damage award which a lower court had given to Malvolio, Twelfth Night’s officious Chief of Protocol, against his employer, Lady Olivia, for false imprisonment, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and Constitutional violations. [Read more...]
Antebellum
April 7, 2009 By 6 Comments
Playwright Robert O’Hara’s Insurrection: Holding History was one of the most intriguing and provocative shows we saw last year. Can Woolly Mammoth’s production of his new work, Antebellum, hold a candle to it? A candle? My God! It can hold the whole burning city of Atlanta to it! [Read more...]
The Civil War
April 7, 2009 By 4 Comments
The idea of using the Civil War as a backdrop for a musical is not as far-fetched as it originally seems. After a visceral gut response of “Huh?” comes a more open-minded, “Why not?” which may have been the creative stages of writers Frank Wildhorn, Gregory Boyd and Jack Murphy to create, design and orchestrate this Tony-nominated medley of songs. [Read more...]
