Robert Israel

Fuse Theater Review: “Becky’s New Car” — A Song of the Open Road

December 7, 2013
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“Becky’s New Car” turns out to be a ride worth taking, especially if we suspend our disbelief long enough to embrace the notion that malice is not necessarily aforethought even though our actions might be construed to suggest otherwise.

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Theater Review: “Waiting for Godot” — Dramatizing the Residue of Resilience

November 3, 2013
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This remains a vision of a dystopian universe, but in the hands of these performers “Waiting for Godot”‘s angst exudes as much antic warmth as it does cold angst.

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Theater Feature: Tennessee Williams Theater Festival 2013 — An Exemplary Year

October 8, 2013
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Tennessee Williams was a prolific writer, and each season the Festival presents an unfinished play or little known work from his vast canon.

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Theater Review: Women Rule at Canada’s Stratford Festival

September 10, 2013
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While luminary thespians and film stars such as Brian Dennehy and Christopher Plummer have trod the Stratford Festival boards, let me sing the praises of two actresses: Martha Henry and Michelle Giroux.

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Concert Reviews: Joan Baez, Sting — Nostalgia Served Without Sentiment

June 25, 2013
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Part of the nostalgia of seeing Joan Baez and Sting was the opportunity to relive the experiences of attending their concerts at a more youthful time in our lives.

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Stage Commentary: The Need for a Theater of Transformation

June 2, 2013
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Theater taught me how to draw parallels, to condense, to delete triviality and to recognize significance.

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