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Month: October 2013
Photo Set: An evening of live recording with the Cavalier Crooks, 10/26/13
Photo Set: Jason Isbell with T. Hardy Morris at The Varsity, 10/25/13
Baby Case at the History Theatre
It was a dark and stormy night – quite literally – when I saw the History Theatre’s production of “Baby Case,†a dark and stormy musical retelling of the “trial of the century,†as it was dubbed. The kidnapping and…
PlayLabs at the Playwrights Center
PlayLabs. There are many summertime play development conferences: Sundance, the New Harmony Conference, the Ojai Conference, Pacific Playwrights Conference, and (the granddaddy of them all) the O’Neill National Playwrights Conference. But PlayLabs is unique. It’s the only new play conference…
“Kung Fu Zombies vs. Cannibals” at Mu Performing Arts
Randy Reyes has made a bold choice for his first production as Artistic Director of Theater Mu. Actually, that’s a bit of an understatement. Reyes is not only producing but directing his inaugural show—which is a world premiere—by a first-time…
Maple and Vine produced by Frank Theatre at Old Arizona
What if we could just go back to an earlier time, a simpler life, where things were a little more “black and white?†Say, 1955? Would it help us resolve issues in our lives, or would it really be going…
Tribes at the Guthrie Theater
Tribes by Nina Raine (at the Guthrie Theater, through November 10) fascinates most when addressing  the nature of language: what is the connection between abstract language and the gloriously messy life it represents?  And: is deaf signing a real language? …
Miss Saigon at the Ordway
Why do we go to the theater? For the acting. Actors amaze and thrill us with their uncanny ability to become something else, to overcome the pain and sorrow of their existence. To triumph, always, over the circumstances of their…
Interview: Randy Reyes
Accomplished actor/singer/director Randy Reyes has taken over, from founder Rick Shiomi, the artistic directorship of Mu Performing Arts.  Randy is busy these days – the Mu handover occurred quite recently, plus he’s in the middle of directing Mu’s latest, Kung…