Holdridge, Vreeke, Goldman and Serotsky scheduled to direct; Lawton play to have its world premiere Two acclaimed dramas from Israel will highlight Theater J’s 2012-2013 season. The company will stage Savyon Liebrecht’s Apples from the Desert from December 15, 2012 until January 6, 2013 and Boged: an Enemy of the People, co-authored by Return to […]
Archives for April 9, 2012
Monologue Madness winner tells how she did it
Last April, for one night only, Monologue Madness gave a packed house of spectators 54 first impressions of a wide array of local and regional actors. But that night also provided a larger first impression: one of a big-hearted, enterprising new entertainment event in its inaugural year.
Be Careful! The Sharks Will Eat You!
As reflected in the simple yet telling title of the current production at MetroStage, Be Careful! The Sharks Will Eat You!, the story depicts a family’s struggle to cross the dangerous waters to escape 1960’s Cuba. This autobiographical tale opens with the writer/performer Jay Alvarez as a little sniffling four year-old being herded against his […]
To Juilliard and back again: Kelli Wright reinvents herself
I met Kelli Wright outside the Strand Theatre the day before the premier of Blood-bound and Tongue-tied. She had the lead role, Jocasta, a woman with a literal Oedipus Complex. But she had a more immediate problem. She had just locked herself out of her car.