By Caroline Binham
- BLOOMBERG NEWS Updated: 05/08/08 6:32 AM
LONDON — From “12 Angry Men” to “Philadelphia,” the drama of law has often made good entertainment. In London, real lawyers are taking to the stage in a play about racial injustice whose casting reveals a dearth of blacks in the U. K.’s legal profession.
By Steve SucatoNEWS CONTRIBUTING REVIEWER
Updated: 05/07/08 5:59 PM
Configurations Dance Theatre's inaugural performance as a Buffalo-based dance company (formerly Cape Cod, Mass.) in the University at Buffalo's Center for the Arts Drama Theater on Saturday night showed it needed more rehearsal at times, but nonetheless proved a triumph for the nationally recognized contemporary ballet company.
By Ted Hadley
NEWS CONTRIBUTING REVIEWER
Updated: 05/05/08 6:37 AM
Every once in a while, an acting company dusts off “Steal Away,” a 26-year old Depression-era comedy by the talented actress, poet and playwright Ramona King. No one knows why, exactly. Yet, the play, whenever it surfaces, is still situationally funny, albeit old, tired and creaky, and invariably wins awards for ensemble work. And for good reason.
By Jana Eisenberg
NEWS CONTRIBUTING REVIEWER
Updated: 05/04/08 6:46 AM
“A Picasso,” by Jeffrey Hatcher, despite its set-up as a Nazi-interrogation drama, is more of a set-piece/character study. Against the historically repulsive backdrop, its focus is on Picasso and his well-known ego. In the Kavinoky’s production, directed by David Lamb, it comes across as a scant construction.
By Ted Hadley
NEWS CONTRIBUTING REVIEWER
Updated: 05/03/08 6:41 AM
There is a poem by Jenny Joseph, “Warning,” and its opening lines go like this: “When I am an old woman I shall wear purple, with a red hat that doesn’t go and doesn’t suit me.”
By Jorg von Uthmann
- BLOOMBERG NEWS Updated: 05/01/08 6:37 AM
Gloomy seascapes, desolate tombs and the wandering moon-watchers of painter Caspar David Friedrich are what most people associate with German art of the Romantic age.
By Colin DabkowskiNEWS STAFF REVIEWER
Updated: 04/22/08 3:00 PM
Watching the opening night production of O’Connell and Company’s “Side by Side by Sondheim” was a little like listening to Puccini on a transistor radio. The spirit was undeniably there, but the presentation could have used some work.
By Colin DabkowskiNEWS ARTS WRITER
Updated: 04/22/08 2:58 PM
I’m not sure what “Stivale” is, but I kind of want it. The invented word, a la “Verizon,” “Allegra” or “Prius,” serves as the title of Torn Space Theater’s new conceptual production about consumerism, the advertising industry and the seemingly arbitrary creation of desire for products we didn’t even know we wanted.
By Jana Eisenberg
News Contributing Reviewer
Updated: 04/20/08 6:58 AM
The newly formed American Repertory Theater presents its second production, “The Rose Tattoo,” Tennessee Williams’ 1950 homage to his sister and his lover, at Theaterloft through May 11.
BY COLIN DABKOWSKI -- News Arts Writer
Updated: 04/18/08 9:44 AM
Riding high on the rousing success of its still-ongoing season, the Irish Classical Theatre Company has firmed up its choices for next season. With a decidedly international flair and in keeping with attempts to broaden its audience, this particular season is far more classical than Irish.
