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...hand with more obvious forms of sexism for centuries. One should also consider that al-Hakim once wrote a manifesto in which he declared himself to be “an enemy of woman.” Still, there is something to be said for remaining faithful to a playwright??s own vision, and Malik and company seem to have done that to best of their ability...
...says Scanlan. The three works have never been performed on the stage: two are radio plays and one a television piece, each adapted for the theater and modified to include an original score. Despite the Beckett estate’s reputation for opposing all changes to the playwright??s works, Scanlan obtained unique permission to “jump genres” as well as to engage Martin Pearlman, locally renowned music director of Boston Baroque, as a composer. “They trust Bob, as they have worked so much with him,” Pearlman says...
...Miss Witherspoon” is not one of Durang’s best plays. Its whisper-thin plot barely covers what is essentially an exposition of the playwright??s personal theology. Miss Witherspoon (Paula Plum) commits suicide, and on her way through the “bardo” (a holding room for unfulfilled spirits that contains a curious mix of Eastern, Christian, and New Age religious ideas), learns to appreciate life on earth, finally making peace with the universe...
...Never Can Tell,” produced by Tatiana K. Wilson ’09 and Geoffrey S. Johnston ’07 and di-rected by Mary E. Birnbaum ’07 is a joyous, breezy production that is more than up to the Irish playwright??s improvisatory wit. It runs through Nov.18...
...angry as it deals with the two massive topics of love and the experience of being black in modern—or in some vignettes, 1960s and ’70s—cities. At its weakest, it is preachy, as the characters step outside themselves to deliver the playwright??s views. The monologue on acquaintance rape, for example, was reminiscent at times of a “Sex Signals” talk: long on message, short on drama. “rainbow/streets” is a play that thrives on its inconsistencies. By varying widely...