plays

Under the direction of East Henderson drama teacher Zachary Walker, the students brought home top honors from the regional NCTC competition at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee three weeks ago for their performance of "Crossin' the Line," a serious drama by Phil Bosakowski about the aftermath of a drunk-driving accident that kills a popular and well-respected teenage girl. "It is such an honor to progress to the state level," said Alexandra Hammond, a senior who plays the role of public defender E  

1922 The Lucky One is the brother who doesn't get the girl in this A.A. Milne play. Staged at the Theatre Guild by Theodore Komisarjevksy with a cast including Dennis King, Romney Brent, and Helen Westley. 1934 Lillian Hellman's The Children's Hour opens tonight at Maxine Elliot's Theatre. It's lesbian theme causes a stire, but Brooks Atkinson calls the play "venomously tragic."  

Just as Billy Bigelow returns to Earth from Heaven unseen in the Dramat's fall mainstage "Carousel," this weekend "Carousel" returned to New Haven. In fact Richard Rogers' and Oscar Hammerstein II's tragic story of a carousel barker and his mill-working lover originated in New Haven, as did many of their other classics. While now it is mostly associated with touring company productions of standards — this year features "Annie" among others — the Shubert was once one of the starriest stages outside of Broa  

Rarely do you find a local play especially written and directed by a Zimbabwean getting international acclaim but for Loupe, it seems it has achieved more than just an average Zimbabwean production. Since its premiere at the Harare International Festival of the Arts last year, Loupe has had a good run both locally and abroad. However, there seems to be more than meets the eye as one looks at the script.

This is an amazing show with amazing energy from two actors who could easily and convincingly switch to many different roles. There was evidently a lot of investment in the direction, the acting and the costume design, which kept us, glued to the show until the end   -Mark Donoghue

 

On Oct. 29 The Johnakin Players attended Francis Marion University's opening production of Sam Shepard's Buried Child, a perspective on the disillusionment of the American Dream. A story of how people and society bury their shame and how they cope with that shame. The students and the adults in attendance came away with many questions regarding the play's content, context and the metaphorical meaning.  

It's not easy, Cullett said, getting out of costume, makeup, and character only to jump right into one that is completely opposite. She has to take as much time as she can in a relatively quiet backstage to get herself into character. Meanwhile, onstage, the two masters of ceremonies discuss the show to come, making jabs at and giving credit to their Broadway ratings.  

A newly adapted drama Lulu Listen To Me, based on the Broadway musical Sylvia, has just finished its run in Shanghai. The play offers audiences a chance to re-examine the meaning of life, both artistically and philosophically. The original Broadway show has been adapted into a stage play that's a one hundred percent Taiwan-flavor piece, for the leading cast are all from Taiwan, including Jeff Chang and Tarcy Su. It's the story of a husband who brings home a stray dog named Lulu.  

In the Lower Merion High School Players' production of "West Side Story," Maria is sung by Danielle Muse and Tony by Jake Dulitzki. Leonard Bernstein's, Stephen Sondheim's and Arthur Laurents' musical retelling of "Romeo and Juliet" moved the story to 1950s New York with Puerto Rican and Euro-American teens in rival gangs and two lovers who cross that line. It was trying to be socially relevant in its day but critics today see it as glorious art for its own sake.  

Witches, hysteria and deception: the perfect ingredients for an emotionally powerful, thought-provoking play. "The Crucible" is a time-honored play written by one of America's greatest playwrights, Arthur Miller, and is currently being produced by the UA Drama Department. The play revolves around young girls accusing prominent members in Salem, Mass., of being witches and how their lie sends the community into turmoil.