Mark Rhea was rehearsing an emotional moment in Rabbit Hole – a difficult, heartbreaking play and next on the Keegan agenda – with his real-life wife, Susan. “It was this high-tension scene,” Rhea explained later. “I was in it with my wonderful wife, and suddenly I thought – we own this building!”
Archives for June 25, 2013
Slings and Arrows: Season 1:02 Geoffrey’s Return
Nahum: “Oliver Welles…he died last night.” Kate: “So I’m not fired?” (a moment of genuine grief and processing by Kate) Kate: “So what’s going to happen to Hamlet?” Nahum: “Hamlet will be Hamlet…an ineffable tragedy of the human spirit that still resonates even today.”
Capital Fringe: Mark Twain’s Riverboat Extravaganza!
– by guest writer John Hamilton – After wrapping up our first official show The Sleeping Beauty in Summer 2010, director Matt Reckeweg started talking about the future of Pointless Theatre. At the time, it seemed as if our puppet ballet would be our biggest enterprise, but he told me about two shows that he had […]
Capital Fringe: Carry a Big Stick
– by guest writer Paul Handy – Carry a Big Stick is not your typical Capital Fringe show. It takes us back to September 1901, and tells the story of the accidental president, Teddy Roosevelt, who enters office under the worst possible condition – the assassination of William McKinley. TR longs to become president in […]
Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy
Michael Kantor’s documentary, Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy, examines the extent to which the Broadway musical has been essentially a Jewish creation. It is a loving tribute to a heritage for which all the world should be grateful given the dozens of well known and indeed hundreds if not thousands of lesser known Jewish composers […]