By: Ronnie Ruff Awake and Sing—Arena Stage It is easy to understand Zelda Fichandler’s love of Clifford Odets’ Awake and Sing currently mounted at Arena Stage. Awake and Sing is the story of two generations, one who has accepted the “American Dream” of values and hard work that seems to have failed them and the younger […]
Not Dead Yet
By: Ronnie Ruff Death Of A Salesman Arthur Miller’s Death Of A Salesman is often called the first great American tragedy and is as compelling today as it was fifty years ago. It is the next production to be mounted by Keegan in a season that started with three Tennessee Williams plays. Helen Hayes […]
Measure for Measure at the Folger Theatre
by Juliet Moser A high backed chair, all straight lines and black, beetle-shiny surface, is topped with a blood-red cushion. Standing at attention center stage and highlighted by a single overhead light, the chair solemnly greets patrons of the Folger Theatre. Thick black columns etched with arching whorls frame the stage. The title of Folger’s […]