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With a name like “The Donkey Show,” it should be unsurprising that an appropriate adjective to describe Diane Paulus’ inaugural production at the newly named Oberon—the American Repertory Theater’s (A.R.T.) theatrical club space—is “loose.” In the world of theater, the word might have a negative connotation, but in the world of sex, drugs, and nightclubs—well, it’s just what we like to hear. “The Donkey Show?...
...sheaths of glitter and metallic booty shorts. No, this wasn’t the unveiling of a new Harvard clothing line; it was the inaugural presentation of the Common Spaces initiative, featuring the American Repertory Theater’s (A.R.T.) latest theatrical extravaganza, “The Donkey Show,” a spin-off of Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.”“The Donkey Show” marks the first of many lunch-hour performances that will take place over the next two months as part...
...overcome the traditional stereotype of musicals and plays as one-sided, self-contained experiences. Instead, productions will be arranged into festivals, with multiple shows connected by one broad theme. The first festival, “Shakespeare Exploded,” features the Paulus-directed “The Donkey Show” as its premiere production. “The Donkey Show,” a simultaneous musical and dance party, gives audiences an idea of how the A.R.T. seeks to transform all of its shows into more accessible cultural spectacles...
...space for student and affiliate groups, as per a recommendation included in the Arts Task Force Report released last December. Tomorrow will feature a lunchtime dance performance by cast members of the American Repertory Theater’s production of the Off-Broadway disco musical, “The Donkey Show...
...homes like the one in which middle-class narrator Zaki Shirazi lives. Also in the house are three related women whose lives mirror the tottering arc of recent Pakistani history - from partition to the bruised Bhutto years, caught between purdah and leggy Jane Fonda workout tapes, Suzuki Swifts and donkey carts. They are Zaki's grasping grandmother Daadi; his widowed mom Zakia, editor of a progressive women's magazine that criticizes the government and runs interviews with acid-attack victims; and Zaki's teenage cousin Samar Api, who is on a lame quest to find an Amitabh Bachchan to sweep...