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...Like the Bard, Friel has warmed to the human condition as he develops as a playwright. His latest play, Dancing at Lughnasa, presents as different a perspective on the world from that of his first play, Faith Healer, as The Tempest does from Hamlet. The themes--of the ambiguity, uncertainty and misunderstanding that wrack our lives--endure. But in Dancing at Lughnasa, through the sordid banality and chaos, Friel strikes an indulgent, optimistic note...
...underestimate the effect a lifetime of dashing off E-mail will have on a generation of young writers. The computer networks may not be Brook Farm or the Globe Theatre, but they do represent, for millions of people, a living, breathing life of letters. One suspects that the Bard himself, confronted with the Internet, might have dived right in and never logged...
Some such logic must underpin the recent state of cinematic adaptations of Shakspeare's work; Kenneth Branagh, Franco Zeferelli, Derek Jarman (substitute Marlowe for the bard), and now Christine Edzard, director of "As You Like It," all strive to expose the movie-going public to the genius of Shakespeare. Everyone should have a chance to see his work; they, quite rightly, porvide...
...Traviata by Giuseppe Verdi directed by Liat Kaplan and Joel Bard starring Laurie Ann McGowan, Frank Ragdsale and Michael Morizio at the Lowell House dining hall March...
...very musical and handsome chorus completes the cast, whose loud denunciation of Alfredo's public shaming of Violetta in the second act is particularly powerful. Joel Bard's musical direction keeps the pace from dragging while making the most of expressive opportunities for the able and tightly synchronized orchestra. Of note is the delicate balance achieved of players and singers in the large ensembles...