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Who Were the Big Winners at This Year's Big Easy Theater Awards?new
At this year's awards, there were 27 categories of nominees for work done in 2010, along with six special commendations. Le Petit Theatre's production of Hairspray, the Crescent Theatre Collective's Frozen and Theatre 13's 39 Steps were the evening's most-lauded productions, each with multiple wins.
True Storiesnew
Morris Panych's new play, The Trespassers, dares to eat the peach.
Monday Magazine |
John Threlfall |
09-27-2010 |
Theater
Tags: Morris Panych, The Trespassers
Flood Damage: You Need a Good Reason to Rewrite Historynew
Rebecca Gilman's A True History of the Johnstown Flood is shot through with fictions and omissions. Gilman owns up to taking one such liberty in her program note, acknowledging that she invented almost all her characters.
Chicago Reader |
Justin Hayford |
03-29-2010 |
Theater
New Plays in Memphis Owe Gratitude to Artist/Educator Gloria Baxternew
Tennessee Williams may have found his calling after poring over the works of Anton Chekhov at the Rhodes College library, but Memphis, Tennessee, the home of the blues and birthplace of rock-and-roll, has never been known as a breeding ground for interesting new playwrights.
The Memphis Flyer |
Chris Davis |
03-27-2010 |
Theater
KenCen’s Golden Age Offers an Overdose of Rococonew
Jeffrey Carlson’s Vincenzo Bellini isn't the only thing that's a mess in this play: Like too much of the art form it celebrates, Terrence McNally’s new comic drama Golden Age, about the heyday of bel canto opera, is overwritten and wildly overheated.
Washington City Paper |
Trey Graham |
03-26-2010 |
Theater
Tags: Golden Age, Terrence McNally
Inspired by Director's Personal Insights, Fine Arts Center Presents 'All My Sons'new
While attending graduate school at the University of Houston, Alan Osburn worked at the Alley Theatre in Houston. It was 1984, and the Alley was preparing to give playwright Arthur Miller a lifetime achievement award.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bree Abel |
03-23-2010 |
Theater
Post Bus-Shelter Ad Ban, 'Avenue Q' Set to Attack More of Colorado Springs' Sensibilitiesnew
If you snuck into the theater as the lights went down, slid into your seat and listened for a moment, you might blurt out that Avenue Q is basically grown-up Sesame Street.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bryce Crawford |
03-16-2010 |
Theater
Vancouver Opera's 'Nixon in China' an Artful Triumphnew
The Vancouver Opera’s ambitious Canadian premiere of Nixon in China is a surprisingly artful, nothing-less-than-stunning reimagination of an event that, on paper, sounds like something you’d see on PBS’s American Experience.
The Georgia Straight |
Janet Smith |
03-15-2010 |
Theater
Sasha Van Bon Bon Recalls Her Striptease Days in Her Stage Memoir 'Neon Nightz'new
For Sasha Van Bon Bon, there is an odd sense of nostalgia about the ’90s. The Mirror’s veteran sex columnist, who’s been doling out sage advice on all things carnal to readers for over 15 years, worked as a stripper for much of that decade.
Montreal Mirror |
Matthew Hays |
03-12-2010 |
Theater
Reflections from the Founder of an African-American Community Theaternew
Anthony Bean has heard enough. With his arms folded across his chest, the founder of the Anthony Bean Community Theater in New Orleans sits alone in the empty auditorium, staring long and hard at the two teenage actresses onstage.
Mamet’s 'Speed-the-Plow' Hollows Out Hollywoodnew
David Mamet is all about dialogue – a dialogue of interruptions and unfinished sentences, repetition and leaps across loosely connected ideas. It’s tough-guy back-and-forth, bobbing and weaving with everything from intellectual razzle dazzle to low-blow punchlines.
Monterey County Weekly |
Walter Ryce |
03-04-2010 |
Theater
Tags: Cherry Center, David Mamet
Lisa Loomer's 'Distracted' Tries a Twist on the Old Theme of Addictionnew
Over the last half century or so, the family that self-medicates has become a trope of American literature. Hell — it's become a trope of America, and our theater's been the source of some of its most potent expressions.
Chicago Reader |
Tony Adler |
02-16-2010 |
Theater
'American Squatter' Barry Smith Returns With a Love Storynew
Hard as it may be to imagine a light-hearted look at life in a doomsday cult, the untrained actor's earned awards including 2005's New York International Fringe Festival Outstanding Solo Show Award with an intimate and friendly approach.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Edie Adelstein |
01-14-2010 |
Theater
A Chinese Oregonian Takes Back the Armorynew
Bruce Locke starred in such films as Black Rain, The Shadow, and especially Robocop 3, in which he played a trio of robot ninja assassins. Now Locke is starring in a production of Snow Falling on Cedars in a building that building was built in case of a Chinese immigrant uprising.
Willamette Week |
Ben Waterhouse |
01-13-2010 |
Theater
‘The Emperor Jones’ Proves That Imaginative Direction Has Fled Broadway For Offnew
Rarely do plays that utilize puppets and masks succeed as admirably as does The Emperor Jones. Director Ciarán O’Reilly deserves all the critical accolades coming to him for resurrecting Eugene O’Neill’s play about despots in power, bringing it to crackling life once again.
New York Press |
Mark Peikert |
01-07-2010 |
Theater
