Long before the term “meta” entered common parlance there was Arsenic and Old Lace, a 1939 play by Joseph Kesselring about how plays are ridiculous. It’s also a play about the difference between reality and appearance, embodied by the saintly Brewster sisters and their killer elderberry wine. Arsenic and Old Lace Through 10/2: Wed-Fri 7:30 […]
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Less is Moor in Court Theatre’s stripped-down Othello
Othello is usually viewed as “Shakespeare’s Race Play” and somewhat rightfully so—after all, the Bard almost never wrote Black characters. In our society race overshadows everything, so much so that much discourse around Othello tends to obstinately revolve around whether or not the play is “racist”—as if an inanimate object were able to take offense […]
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Oedipus Rex leaves nothing in the shadows
Sophocles’s tragedy could use some emotional veils in Court Theatre’s staging.
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Court Theatre’s adaptation of The Adventures of Augie March joyfully embraces every moment
The men may kick and scream, but it’s the women who lead.
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TimeLine Theatre unearths another rarity in Juno
TimeLine Theatre unearths Juno, a short-lived Broadway musical based on a play by Sean O’Casey.