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Jordan Wright October 3, 2019 Hard on the heels of Arena Stage’s ongoing production of Jitney comes Fences, another August Wilson drama and the sixth play in Wilson’s ten-part series the American Century Cycle that chronicles 100 years of the African American experience. (Jitney, Wilson’s first play in the series, was reviewed here earlier this […] Jordan Wright September 22, 2019 As the play opens, Turnbo pulls out a set of checkers from a purple felt Crown Royal whiskey sack and the mood is set. It’s a 1977 snapshot of Pittsburgh’s Hill district in the office of a rundown gypsy cab station. August Wilson’s period play focuses on eight African […] Jordan Wright September 21, 2019 Cats! Lots of cats! Twenty-six, in fact. Most especially Jellicle cats – the ones T. S. Elliot told of in “Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats”. Andrew Lloyd Webber’s classic blockbuster is in town for a short run, and this is the musical to see. Full stop. As the […] Jordan Wright September 12, 2019 Doubt may be a parable, but it’s also a conundrum. Playwright, John Patrick Shanley, does his best to keep us guessing if an unspeakable act was committed against a 14-year old student of St. Nicholas parochial school by a priest, or if it simply never happened. Set in 1964 […] Jordan Wright September 15, 2019 I spoke with playwright and lead actor Heidi Schreck during her performance of What the Constitution Means to Me. Though I did it silently, I wanted to jump out of my seat with fist raised and yell, “Right on, Sister!” The audience seemed share the intensity of that emotion. […] Jordan Wright September 10, 2019 With season opener 1 Henry IV, director Rosa Joshi makes her Folger Theatre directorial debut. As expected it is a departure from the classic interpretation to an edgier contemporary dynamic. As Joshi describes it, “I Henry IV is filled with intrigue, humor, action and suspense – messy people doing messy […] |
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