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'Ebenazio' is Jump-Start's comical gift of the seasonnew
Three things that no sane adult would want to go near throughout this season of institutionalized jollity: a shopping mall, a bowl game, and A Christmas Carol. "Bah, tonterías," says Ebenezer Scrooge in a Spanish translation of his derisive dismissal of Yuletide sentimentality.
San Antonio Current |
Steven G. Kellman |
12-05-2012 |
Theater
Cellar production short-circuits 'In the Next Room, or The Vibrator Play'new
What's the buzz? Well, for starters, the San Pedro Playhouse has inserted The Vibrator Play into its Cellar (ahem), and in some ways it's a competent production of Sarah Ruhl's critically acclaimed work.
San Antonio Current |
Thomas Jenkins |
06-19-2012 |
Theater
'CQ/CX' tells of Hernández's role in Jayson Blair scandalnew
It's been nearly a decade since Macarena Hernández outed the New York Times staff reporter Jayson Blair, the serial plagiarist who did as much damage to the paper's august reputation as Judith Miller's pre-war coverage of the supposed WMDs in Iraq.
San Antonio Current |
Gregg Barrios |
04-02-2012 |
Theater
Suárez mines the unbearable hardness of forgetting in 'I'll Remember for You'new
Once upon a time old people retired to their dotage aided by dozens of grandchildren and smiling nieces. Forgetfulness amongst the ancients was a granted, but no worries — their personal anecdotes were spoken often in earlier years and absorbed by younger generations.
San Antonio Current |
Scott Andrews |
03-18-2012 |
Theater
'Six Degrees of Separation': Sometimes the stranger is closer than bloodnew
Inspired in part by a real-life incident in which a young black man charmed his way into the homes of wealthy white New Yorkers by pretending to be the son of a famous actor, John Guare's Six Degrees of Separation explores the strangeness of the people we are related to, and the mysterious recognition that can spark between strangers.
San Antonio Current |
Scott Andrews |
02-16-2012 |
Theater
Group Collaboration Leans on Symbolism, Gesture in Message of Isolationnew
It’s eight o’clock at night at the Sterling Houston Theater at Jump-Start, and the cast of “Stranger” is in dress rehearsal.
San Antonio Current |
Scott Andrews |
11-17-2011 |
Theater
Solid Cellar Production of ‘Time Stands Still’ Seeks Proper Response to Sufferingnew
It’s easy to underestimate playwright Donald Margulies, even with his Pulitzer Prize (for the delicious Dinner With Friends) and his influential post as professor of playwriting at Yale. For starters, it’s because, on paper, his dramas might seem slender, improbably tidy, and — depending on your tastes — somewhat bourgeois: oh-so-middle-class professionals with oh-so-middle-class problems.
San Antonio Current |
Thomas Jenkins |
10-27-2011 |
Theater
An Unofficial History of San Antonio's Struggling Gay Theater Scenenew
Take a clue from this year’s Tony telecast as Neil Patrick Harris broke into song: “If you feel like someone that this world excludes, it’s no longer only for dudes who like dudes. Attention every breeder, your invited to the theater. It’s not just for gays anymore!”
San Antonio Current |
Gregg Barrios |
06-29-2011 |
Theater
Tags: LGBT
'No. 5''s Alterations Are an Awkward Fitnew
No. 5 is new, and as such it deserves the kindness offered to new things, but an audience can make only so many allowances for poor construction. A departing patron said it best, to no one in particular, en francais: "It is a good thing she is dead."
San Antonio Current |
Courtenay Martin |
02-25-2009 |
Theater
