I’ve seen Macbeth performed in the round, outdoors, in the nude, multiple film and TV versions, various homages and parodies across multiple media, I saw a spirited production last month by an emerging theatre company. But I’ve never seen a Macbeth like the Folger’s latest effort; neither have you, I’ll wager, nor anyone else in […]
Archives for September 12, 2018
Review: Como Agua Para Chocolate (Like Water for Chocolate), new romantic comedy at GALA
Walking into Como Agua Para Chocolate (Like Water for Chocolate) I knew, as you may, that there was a best-selling Spanish language movie of its time, and an equally popular novel/cookbook by Laura Esquivel. I hadn’t read or seen either, and didn’t even know what the title meant. But what I found at GALA Hispanic Theater […]
Review: Dancing at Lughnasa at Everyman
Dancing at Lughnasa casts a spell before the actors utter a word. Irish music peppily plays as you enter the theater and drink in Yu-Hsuan Chen’s painterly set–with sinuously twisted old trees and a stone country cottage rendered in ochres, browns and golds that suggests the Arts and Crafts style. A little smoke puffs cozily […]