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Poet Samuel Coleridge described drama as “that willing suspension of disbelief for the moment, which constitutes poetic faith.” I was reminded of this quote upon revisiting Joseph Kesselring’s classic comedy Arsenic and Old Lace in a sharp production that transports a theatergoer with delight into a world of unrepentant absurdity...
...Arsenic, dark and disturbing on some levels, yet ridiculous and hilariously funny throughout, definitely requires a suspension of disbelief for enjoyment...
...main characters in Arsenic are theater critic Mortimer Brewster (William R. Holmgren ’04) and his sweet, grandmotherly aunts Abby (Jamie E. Smith ’02) and Martha Brewster (Andrea D. Leahy ’05). Their priceless interactions follow the about-to-be-married Mortimer, as he discovers that his seemingly saintly aunts have been murdering lonely old men with their homemade arsenic-laced elderberry wine...
...show that throws everything at the audience but the proverbial kitchen sink, it might be nice to find a message about human nature, our times, or the power of art. There was none. But walking out of the theater after the show, it really doesn’t matter. Arsenic creates a fantastic world not necessarily to comment on this one, but for the sake of sheer enjoyment. And that’s exactly what this production provides...
...define this year. The first page of a new century had unfolded neat as a legal pad, a few scribbles in the margins, but nothing worth underlining. There were worries. There were fears that cell phones would cause brain cancer. Fears that we were overprescribing antibiotics. Drinking too much arsenic. That sharks were stalking us. The lights went out in California. There was the fight over stem cells, the fear about clones. Do we drill in the Arctic? On Sept. 10, Congress was debating another tax cut, schools were debating dress codes: Are spaghetti straps too risquE? There was news...