In The Body of The World – Yours and Mine
“… I have been exiled from my body. I was ejected at a young age and I got lost. For years I have been trying to find my way back to my body, and to the earth.” Sounds poetic, doesn’t it, rather like the neopagan goddess movement? In fact, author/actress/activist Eve Ensler’s journey lead her […]
The Little Foxes – Southern Gentility Masks Deadly Greed
“Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes.” Chapter 2, Verse 15 of the Song of Solomon in the King James version of the Bible Lillian Hellman’s 1939 play, ostensibly drawing characters from her own family, has been a theater staple since its first outing. In […]
August Wilson’s Jitney – Superb Ensemble
Jitney is the first play written by two-time Pulitzer Prize winning August Wilson for his ten chapter, decade by decade, Pittsburgh Cycle. Masterfully directed by Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Manhattan Theatre Club’s vibrant production is as good as it gets. Every member of this virtuoso ensemble inhabits a fully realized character with distinctive carriage, gestures, speech and […]
Heisenberg – Outstanding Theater
The Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle (1927) states that neither the position nor velocity of an object can be measured exactly, at the same time, even in theory. Now apply that to gauging the substance and honesty of an extremely mercurial pairing. This has to be one of the most unlikely, yet deeply convincing couples you’ll ever […]