It starts with the light, and builds upon the frame. It has to be just right to capture the shot, that moment in time by the lens of a photographer. Frame by frame it reveals a moment that leads to another. From the opening scene to the last, each frame of this musically adapted story […]
In the program notes to Brigit Saint Brigit’s production of Bold Girls there is a brief statement from the author Rona Munro describing how and why she wrote this play. At the end she states, “I don’t think the battles women fight or the daily struggles they have are different to those in any other […]
There didn’t seem to be many millennials in the opening night audience for Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf in the Crossroads Mall, so a savvy crowd knew what to expect when George and Martha began their abusive games at 2 a.m. after a well-lubricated faculty party. More important, as theater and film-goers learned […]
Body and soul unite when an affinity for Walt Whitman’s poetic musings and two students, Caroline and Anthony, come together to collaborate on an English assignment project against a pressing deadline. The scene is all too familiar with an exchange of colloquialism and awkwardness- a charming boy invites himself in, or rather invades the room of […]
In the last few years theatre has been expanding its palate. This expansion has given us new voices and stories to experience. In that vein, the Rose Theatre recently commissioned Mary Kathryn Nagle to write a play for children about the story of Chief Standing Bear. Return to Niobrara is the stunning result. It’s a […]
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time begins with a dead dog. While the death of the dog takes place before the play begins, it is the dog’s death that propels the action of this play. Upon discovering the unfortunate corpse of the dog, a young boy Christopher (Dominic Torres) decides that he […]
If you ever wanted to see a Disney classic come to life in theatrical glory and grandeur, your wish is granted. Aladdin, which opened at the Orpheum Theatre Jan. 16th, captures that essence in a two-hour uplifting menagerie of storytelling, woven with magic, opulence, and plenty of light-hearted humor. Much like the […]
What has all the trimmings of a great Christmas musical? Why a sparkly, jolly, twinkly set, song and dance merriment, interesting character foils and dynamics, and an endearing love story. Elf the Musical opened Friday night at The Rose Theatre, lauded as one of the best children’s theatres in the nation with its cutting-edge lighting technology and […]
Phantom of the Opera has long been a benchmark of modern musical theater. The Andrew Lloyd Webber Broadway favorite takes place in Paris in 1881. A broken-hearted and mysterious Phantom haunts an Opera house, living beneath it in the sewers of Paris. He falls in love with Christine, a member of the opera’s chorus, and […]
For the 11th year, it began again with “Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Heart Club” and wound up with the crowd on its feet, dancing and clapping and singing along with “Come together…right now! Over me!” Half of us had been there before and half were virgins, but Billy McGuigan’s Yesterday and Today—An Interactive Beatles […]
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