When looking at a production of Venus in Fur that is opening at this specific time in our history, the beginning of the fall of 2014, two separate lines of thought begin to form. First, here is a play about, essentially, the power dynamics in a male/female interaction. There is an inherent discrepancy built in, as […]
Archives for October 6, 2014
Doktor Kaboom: LIVE WIRE! The Electricity Tour
Never were truer words spoken than when the blonde boy to my right turned to his friend and whispered, “This is so cool!” Entering the stage to rap music reminiscent of an early 1980’s gem and exiting to Thomas Dolby’s “She Blinded Me with Science,” Doktor Kaboom—the brainchild of actor and comedian David Epley—is a […]
Evita
Partway through the first act of Evita at The Kennedy Center’s Opera House, there’s a sort of theatrical military coup. Up until then, the production has been handsome and well-sung, if difficult to hear. Enter a posse of uniformed officers who do a mesmerizing tango as they sing the number “The Art of the Possible.” […]
The Country House
Inspired by Chekhov’s The Sea Gull, Donald Margulies’ new play The Country House makes good use of some of the same raw materials. Chekhov liked country houses and actresses and unhappy sons and disgruntled lovers and rebellious youngsters and Mr. Margulies has brought them all, and more, to a lovely old house near Williamstown, Massachusetts […]