An astonishing, delightful, and moving adaptation of Moby Dick kept me fascinated for nearly three and a half hours at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, MA the other night. The set and props range from the elegant to the…
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Moby Dick in under 3 1/2 hours!
Tagged with: American Repertory Theater, Chanel daSilva, Dave Malloy, Moby Dick, musicals, Or Mattias, Rachel Chavkin, theater
Posted in About Me, What I'm Seeing
Posted in About Me, What I'm Seeing
What artists can do is bring stories to the table that are unshakably true—the sort of stories that, once you’ve heard them, won’t let you return to what you thought before. Lin-Manuel Miranda
What artists can do is bring stories to the table that are unshakably true—the sort of stories that, once you’ve heard them, won’t let you return to what you thought before. Source: Lin-Manuel Miranda on the Power of Art –…
Tagged with: Broadway, Lin-Manuel Miranda, literary creation, musicals, politics, politics and art, theater, writing
Posted in What I'm Reading
Posted in What I'm Reading
The Scottsboro Boys at SpeakEasy
New Year’s Eve included The Scottsboro Boys by SpeakEasy Stage at Boston Center for the Arts. Scottsboro was written by John Kander and Fred Ebb, the same team who created Cabaret and Chicago. This was a terrific production, funny at…
Tagged with: musicals, race in literature, Speakeasy Theater, The Scottsboro Boys, theater
Posted in What I'm Seeing
Posted in What I'm Seeing
A brilliant humorous touch to a serious and moving play. Theater & art – The Boston Globe
Playing an all-seeing, all-knowing dog – Theater & art – The Boston Globe.
Tagged with: "Father Comes Home from the Wars, American Repertory Theater, drama, Patrena Murry, Suzan-Lori Parks, theater
Posted in What I'm Seeing
Posted in What I'm Seeing
O.P.C. stands for Obsessive Political Correctness
A.R.T. – American Repertory Theater. best line: I had a lobotomy so now I can join the Democratic Party.
