Nina Raines’ Tribes began life at the Royal Court in London, where it had rave reviews and numerous honors, including an Olivier Award nomination for Best Play. No wonder then that an American consortium of producers led by Jean Doumanian banded together to bring it to us, and with the help of the founders of […]
Archives for March 5, 2012
Michael Bobbitt had big dreams for Adventure Theatre. These days, they’re getting bigger
Michael Bobbitt’s big dream is a small audience. Not a scarce one, mind you — no arts organization wants that — but an audience made up of our smallest citizens, young enough to appreciate Adventure Theatre’s unique brand of enchantment. Five years into his role as Artistic Director, Bobbitt’s mind is whirling with questions — […]
Two young actors get ready to step into the ring of Sucker Punch
What’s my name? What’s my name, sucker? In Houston, forty-five years ago last month, Muhammad Ali was carving up hapless, helpless Ernie Terrell, a heavyweight pretender who had insisted on calling Ali “Cassius Clay,” a name Ali had rejected. Ali was correcting this error at a rate of about thirty jabs a minute, turning Terrell’s […]