Happenstance Theater has found a winsome way to keep Halloween in our hearts all year long—the chills, the thrills, the frights, the things that go bump in the night. The troupe’s Cabaret Macabre celebrates the season of the witch, the Day of the Dead and every doomsday in-between with a decorously lurid vaudeville dedicated to […]
Archives for November 2011
The How and the Why
A central question for any two character play is whether the playwright can keep the audience interested. Sarah Treem’s The How and the Why succeeds through an intelligent blend of personal, political, and intellectual conflicts in an absorbing new production at 1st Stage.
Bing Thom Works
From the Mid-Atlantic States to the Pacific Northwest, theatergoers can enter into a world of drama even before the play begins if they attend their theater in structures designed by Vancouver architect Bing Thom. His work is always atmospheric, and, at its best, it is exquisite.
Barrymore
Nigel Reed oozes charisma and charm as the boozing, talented John Barrymore in a multi-faceted portrayal of the past-his-prime but still in-your-face actor, struggling to retain footing in an evolving theatrical world.
Children
In 1974, A.R.Gurney’s Children was produced by Lynne Meadow at the Manhattan Theatre Club. It was Gurney’s first full length play and it arrived on our shores following a successful London run at the Mermaid Theatre which starred Constance Cummings. Here, its four person cast included Nancy Marchand, Swoozie Kurtz, Holland Taylor and Dennis Howard; under […]
We Fight We Die
Walls, obstructions and the various ways they can be defiled are the subjects of We Fight We Die, a new play presented from Junesong Arts that dives into the moral dilemmas of those who make the city their canvas. The play finds a stand on which to hang its loud, mythic and often garbled emotions […]