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...Harvard House life may seem, it hardly compares to the disturbing daily lives of Joanna and Lawrence. In essence, Wilson's one-act play is not what one might necessarily consider drama. Trauma, perhaps is a better way of describing...
David Balson, spokesman for the benefit, said the performers will present an evening of scenes and songs about soldiers and veterans Monday night, including an exclusive performance of David Mamet's "Sketches of War." Mamet will direct the entire vaudeville-like performance, including his own one-act play, "Crosspatch," several readings, skits, songs and a poetry recitation by Michael...
Boil, boil, toil and trouble...at Jamaica Pond's One-Act extravaganza--"Sinister Acts: An Evening of Creepy Plays". Presented by the Open Door Theater, the spine tingling evening includes Larry Blamire's "The Ha'nt", Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery", and Martin Epstein's "Mysteries of the Bridal Night". Performances Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. through August 27. Tickets are $8. Call 524-2980 for more details...
BEFORE Edward Albee wrote that famous sexual shouting match, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, before he was too old to be an Angry Young Play-wright, he wrote two one-act attacks on convention, complacency and middle-class values. Thirty years later, The American Dream and The Zoo Story have lost some of their relevance--and thus some of their power to disturb the complacent viewer. But Albee's disarming absurdity and brutal frankness remain, and thanks to a talented Harvard/Radcliffe Summer Theater company, those qualities can still make audiences squirm in their seats...
...film is based on a one-act play written by Ted Shine in 1973 which Caise adapted after getting "creative license to shred it," he said. He rewrote the dialogue and added...