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Friday, Dec. 9, at 8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 10 at 2 p.m. and 8 pm. Adams House Pool Theater. $8 general admission, $5 students. “Desdemona: A Play About a Handkerchief,” an Athena Theater Company production written by playwright and recent Harvard visitor Paula Vogel (see story, page B2), is about much more than just a handkerchief. The play is set to shock and intrigue audiences during its upcoming run at the Adams Pool Theater. According to Director Rebecca J. Levy ’06, “Desdemona” is a comedic rewrite...
...Playwright, singer, songwriter, cartoonist, Shel Silverstein was a jack-of-all-trades and the master of one--and the one was writing children's books. His freewheeling, provocative stories (The Giving Tree) and books of poetry (Where the Sidewalk Ends, A Light in the Attic), illustrated with his quirky line drawings, have sold more than 25 million copies. Thus a new Silverstein title is a signal event, especially if it comes six years after his death...
...people” actually is—suggested answers include sorrow, vodka, and the motherland—it’s pretty clear that it’s not the kind of joyful exuberance that requires an exclamation point at the end. Kushner is, of course, the type of playwright who tends to embellish everything he does with an emotional exclamation point—think “Angels in America,” his award-winning play about the AIDS crisis. “Slavs!” is no exception. The play is divided into three loosely linked...
...dominating, chattering mother, Arkadina (Lauren L. Jackson ’07), simply overpowers all conversation with her affected elitism. Her success as an actress and cultural savvy as a socialite affect everyone around her, especially her son, the ambitious playwright Konstantin Treplev (Liam R. Martin ’06). Other involving characters include the ailing Sorin (Sean P. Bala ’09), the conflicted, self-important writer Trigorin (Jack E. Fishburn ’08) and the aspiring actress Nina (Sophie C. Kargman...
...Three Hotels. No longer merely promising, Jon Robin Baitz is now a major playwright. Off- Broadway, three wry, elegant and searing monologues by a husband and wife unveiled a sardonic saga of international corporate greed and the resulting wreckage of one executive's career, family and beliefs...