High Fidelity interviews: Andrew Baughman, Stephen Gregory Smith and Julie Herber
February 25, 2010 By 3 Comments
That Face
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Oh, those English boarding school girls—they are such scamps, hazing a hapless 13-year-old student (Angela Welchbrodt) in an S&M ritual that involves a torture hood, restraints and a too-liberal dose of Mummy’s Valium, and in their off-hours tramping around and boozing it up with their peers. [Read more...]
Bus Stop
February 25, 2010 By Leave a Comment
This classic romantic comedy seems to have withstood the test of time. Many remember Marilyn Monroe, as Cherie, in the 1956 film. The story still warms the audience like stepping inside from the cold of the Midwestern blizzard that provides the background for the play. [Read more...]
Arena Stage to return home with a 45-project 60th season
February 25, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Arena Stage will inaugurate its $125 million renovated facility, The Mead Center for American Theater, with a blizzard of productions in 2010-2011, kicking off its 60th season on Oct 23, 2010 with the first modern American musical, Oklahoma! , [Read more...]
High Fidelity
February 25, 2010 By 4 Comments
High Fidelity is an aggregate of great music (Tom Kitt, Next to Normal) with funny lyrics (Amanda Green) hung on a lame story (David Lindsay-Abaire, from the Nick Hornby novel) with unlikeable characters, and Landless plays the hell out of it. [Read more...]
The Atheist
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The atheist Augustine Early (Eric Lucas), a poor boy from Kansas, discovered at an early age the liberating force of deciding that there is no God. So he burns down his trailer in order to give himself and his mom better Section 8 housing. [Read more...]
