Two one acts from Flying V: All Apologies and Me and the Devil Blues In an ethereal forest between heaven and hell, rigid rules govern the day-to-day of the heroin loving, hard-drinking 27 Club: Janis (Katie Jeffries), Jimi (David Samuel), and Jim (Christopher Herring). All Apologies takes you to an “after party” with the most […]
Archives for September 30, 2013
The Picture of Dorian Gray
You have to hand it to Synetic’s Artistic Director Paata Tsikurishvili. It took courage to turn his back on the basic ‘wordless’ formula that has won the company many accolades with its invented physical theatre style and to set out boldly to discover a new sound, a new style of movement, and, most importantly, a […]
Million Dollar Quartet
Do you know who wrote “Blue Suede Shoes”? I’ll give you a hint: it wasn’t Elvis Presley. No, that honor belongs to Carl Perkins. (known to all as Mr. Phillips), the founder and owner of Sun Records out of Memphis, TN., famously promised a Cadillac to the first musician on his label to score a […]
Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet are back in town, but in David Leveaux’ stark new production, it’s difficult to tell just what town it is. The Prologue, as spoken here by Friar Lawrence instead of Chorus, tells us we are still in Verona, but from the look of things, it would appear to be closer to Verona, […]