When Will Shakspere’s (sic) wife (Valerie Fenton) exclaims that it really doesn’t matter who wrote Shakespeare’s plays we really have the essence of The Beard Of Avon. It is the love of theatre and how that love propels the artistic process that is really important. This mounting of Amy Feed’s whodunit comedy, while done on a budget, is a feast for […]
Archives for February 24, 2006
Review: Upshot from Forum Theatre
To say Upshot is one cool piece of theatre would be accurate, but that statement alone would not do it justice. Ami Dayan’s play is highly entertaining and full of dark humor. A writer with a troubled marriage sits down to write a play based on the last man left standing after a nuclear war […]
Review: The Sand Storm, Stories from the Front at MetroStage
Many years ago I remember asking my dad what he did in his war; his answer was silence. Sean Huze went away to war and has returned with something powerful and disturbing to tell us. A line from the 10,000 Maniacs song Gun Shy says it best; the Army “is good at making soldiers but […]
Review: The Royal Hunt of the Sun, Washington Shakespeare Company
Religion, greed and truth all play an important role in Peter Shaffer’s saga about Spain’s conquest of Peru and its riches. Director Steven Scott Mazzola never loses sight of Washington Shakespeare Company’s mission to emphasize a provocative, bold, intimate approach within its productions. Soaring goals sometimes are never fully realized but for Mazzola and WSC, […]
Review: Save the Leopard, Spooky Action Theater
Spooky Action Theater, a new company performing its first season in the Mead Theatre Lab, sets forth on a mission to “resonate with the audience so that a connection is felt long after leaving the theatre”. The question is, in order to feel that connection do I need to care about the characters, even one […]