“Fiction carries a greater amount of truth in solution than the volume which purports to be all true,” wrote British novelist William Makepeace Thackery, author of Vanity Fair. This simple sentence seems to be the mission statement behind Rajiv Joseph’s Obie Award-winning play, Describe the Night, currently closing out Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company’s 2018–2019 season. […]
Archives for June 3, 2019
Review: Richard III, a dystopian cyberpunk vision from Synetic Theater
Shakespeare’s most iconic schemer is the centerpiece of Synetic’s fourteenth (mostly) wordless re-interpretation of the Bard’s works. The world of 15th century England is updated to a dystopian cyberpunk future, with soulless, almost robotic soldiers, technology gone rogue, a terrifying landscape upon which Synetic’s trademark physicality and visuals create a breathtakingly theatrical tour de force. […]
Review: The Tale of Serse. Handel’s rarely seen opera gets a stunning production from In Series
Timothy Nelson has ended his first season as Artistic Director of In Series with a stunning and musically gorgeous production of The Tale of Serse. Like George Frideric Handel, the composer of the opera, Nelson is a synthetic artist who likes to tweak and merge disparate material to create radical new experiences for the operatic […]
Infinity’s new season will feature a hi-tech Fantasticks
New York-based Infinity Theatre Company will offer a two-show season this summer in Annapolis. The season will feature Rodgers and Hammerstein’s A Grand Night for Singing in collaboration with Live Arts Maryland and the long-running off-Broadway hit The Fantasticks. A Grand Night, done under the baton of Live Arts Maryland’s Artistic Director, J. Ernest Green, […]