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...little space, a little time and a little fun add up to make "Soup of the Day" a harmless, lightly amusing student production. A one-act play written and directed by Barbara M. Matteau, a masters candidate in Theater-Arts, "Soup" examines life's choices and familiar parent-child conflicts that can reveal them...
What happens when two ordinary people have two extraordinary days? This is the question explored by The Zoo Story and The Actor's Nightmare, two one-act plays performed back-to-back at the Adams Pool Theater last weekend and this weekend. A tragedy and a comedy, these plays explore similar themes in not so similar ways...
Republican presidential primaries are normally royalist affairs, staid rituals of continuity posing briefly as wild free-for-alls. While Democrats can often be counted on to stage long catfights that rip apart the party so deeply that reassembly by November is impossible, Republicans prefer one-act passion plays in primogeniture. From watching Democrats, the G.O.P. has learned the cost of indulging in party soul searching for more than a few weeks...
...fourth production of the Dunster House Opera is also, by far, its most ambitious. In past years, the Opera's choice of repertory has reflected the limitations of its all-student cast; last year's one-act Gianni Schicchi and the operetta Die Fledermaus were light comedies, allowing spirited acting to make up for the inevitable vocal shortcomings. This year, however, the Opera has set its sights considerably higher: the production is Mozart's "Marriage of Figaro," one of the most beloved operas, and it is performed with very few cuts, coming in at almost 3 hours running time...
...Institute of Contemporary Art's dual production of two one-act plays by Jeff Robinson shows just how uneven a young writer's work can be. "Live Bird," Robinson's one man exploration of the genius and eventual self-destruction of Charlie Parker, is solid, compelling, and mostly focused. On the other hand, "Alley Cats" is a scatter-shot, histrionic muddle of faces and voices limping towards symbolic meaning and falling short by miles...