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Dates: during 1980-1989
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The questions which remain in the minds of the audience constitute the power of the play. Angel City provides food for thought, and Kupferberg's production is worth seeing.

Author: By Joe MARTIN Hill, | Title: Angelic Metamorphoses | 12/15/1989 | See Source »

The final member of the cast is Sax (Henry Dormitzer). Sax provides the well-integrated music of the drama; although he doesn't contribute to the dialogue of the play, his musical performance is vital to the production. It was Shepard's intent to create an indefinite college effect with...

Author: By Joe MARTIN Hill, | Title: Angelic Metamorphoses | 12/15/1989 | See Source »

Amidst the well-directed "hell which passes before us" are Shepard's messages, one of which seems to be a concern about the effects of the motion picture industry on the consciousness of the public. Early in the first act, Wheeler indicates his awareness that movies have become the most...

Author: By Joe MARTIN Hill, | Title: Angelic Metamorphoses | 12/15/1989 | See Source »

Equally, though, Shepard is concerned with the position of art in the capitalist economy. This tension and his concern with his own mortality are what evoke Wheeler's statement, "Creation is a disease."

Author: By Joe MARTIN Hill, | Title: Angelic Metamorphoses | 12/15/1989 | See Source »

Through interesting plays on the perspective of the audience at the end of the play and with lines such as Rabbit's "You can't mix real life with the movies," the audience is left to ponder with which characters they identify.

Author: By Joe MARTIN Hill, | Title: Angelic Metamorphoses | 12/15/1989 | See Source »

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