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.
Archives for April 3, 2009
Chicago
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 […]
The Faithkiller
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!
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