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Suzan-Lori-Parks

New York Theater Review: Storytime — “Venus” and “The Antipodes”

Two plays from major American dramatists interrogate how we come up with the stories we tell about ourselves.

By: Tim Jackson Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: Annie Baker, Signature Theatre, Suzan-Lori-Parks, The Antipodes, Venus

Theater Review: Lincoln in the Shooting Gallery – “Topdog/Underdog” at The Huntington Theatre Company

This is a wonderful production of an important play that still has a dog in the fight.

By: Ian Thal Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: Billy Porter, Huntington-Theatre-Company, Suzan-Lori-Parks, Topdog/Underdog

Theater Review: “Father Comes Home From the Wars (Parts 1, 2 & 3)” — A Memorable Homecoming

May Father Comes Home From the Wars (Parts 1, 2 & 3) fill the Loeb Drama Center to the brim and then some.

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: 2 & 3), American Repertory Theater, Father Comes Home From the Wars (Parts 1, Jo Bonney, Suzan-Lori-Parks, The Civil War

Theater Review: A “Porgy and Bess” Made For Broadway

The American Repertory Theater’s juggling/removal of the operatic elements in “Porgy and Bess” is clumsy, but the goal is to create a compelling entertainment for contemporary audiences, smoothing out the melodramatic story’s edges and cutting its length.

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: American Repertory Theater, Audra McDonald, Diedre L. Murray, Porgy and Bess, Suzan-Lori-Parks

Coming Attractions in Theater: August 2011

A busy month of theater, especially for off-speed, postmodern romances, while old-timers such as the Gershwins and Tennessee Williams receive some attention as well.

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Coming Attractions, Theater Tagged: Audra McDonald, Bad Daddy: The Musical, Bakersfield Mist, Berkshire Theatre Festival, Charlestown Working Theater, Dipika Guha, Hopper's Ghosts, Jeff Zinn, John Kolvenbach, Loretta LaRoche, Love Song, Molly Ivins, Oberon, Payomet Peforming Arts Center, Period of Adjustment, Porgy and Bess, R, Red Hot Patriot, Rick Cipes, Shakespeare & Company, Stephen Sachs, Stoneham Theatre. Lighten Up!, Suzan-Lori-Parks, tennessee-Williams, The Betrothed, Tina Packer, Touched, Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater, Williamstown-Theatre-Festival

Theater Reviews: The State of the Union

Artists should “no longer huddle in the confines of a painted box set” but instead join together to “find visible and audible expression for the tempo and psychology of our time” and dramatize “the search of the average American today for knowledge about his country and his world.” – Hallie Flanagan, Federal Theatre Project Stick […]

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Books, Featured, Theater Tagged: American, American Repertory Theater, Arena-Stage, Boston, Boston Center for the Arts, Clifford Odets, Daniel Fish, Diane Paulus, Huntington-Theatre-Company, Kenny Leon, Lydia Diamond, New York, Paradise Lost, Public Theater, stage, Stick Fly, Suzan-Lori-Parks, The Book of Grace, Theater

Suzan-Lori Parks — A Play a Day Keeps the TV Away

Bill Marx speaks with award-winning American playwright Suzan-Lori Parks. Also, dancing away at the video arcade. Download Part I and Part II of this interview with Suzan-Lori Parks.

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Books, Podcast, Theater Tagged: 365-days/365-plays, american-theater, Books, Podcast, stage, Suzan-Lori-Parks, Theater

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