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Onto this scene stumbles Poe (Ronny Pompeo), seemingly in a drunken stupor. Pompeo successfully inhabits the role with a wild look in his dark, sunken eyes. Five women file in behind him, the five most influential women in his life, ranging from his mother to a whore with whom he forms a relationship. The women circle Poe—who collapses—and begin quietly singing adaptations of his most famous poems in unison, including “Annabelle Lee” and “Alone.” Each woman seemingly competes for Poe?...
True to its name, the F.U.D.G.E. Theatre Group’s latest production, “Nevermore,” has certainly transformed my image of Edgar Allen Poe in an irreversible way. Nevermore will I see Poe in the same light. Nevermore will he simply be a talented but crazed author whose work reflected this juxtaposition of character. Instead, after seeing the aforementioned musical, I will empathize with the early loss of loved ones, the sense of stark loneliness, and the tortured mind that defined this misunderstood poet. Through “Nevermore,” director Joe DeMita...
...musical’s opening scene sets the sinister tone that persists throughout the production. A soft drum ominously begins to pound, a heartbeat of foreboding that only Edgar Allen Poe could inspire. The lighting, formed of flickering lanterns and the soft green glow of midnight, calls to mind a dungeon, to greatly sinister effect...
EDGAR ALLAN POE letter surfaces in which he apologizes to publishers for drinking too much...
...bawdiness or those of contemporary American novels with this novel? JL: Well the bawdiness is itself utterly 18th-century. In terms of modern convention, it’s probably very discreet. 11. FM: You have a lot of inside jokes and anachronisms. When you include an Edgar Allan Poe reference, for instance, is that just an inside joke that only a handful of readers would catch? JL: 18th-century fiction is itself very pastiche-y, there’s a lot of cut-and-paste quality to it, and there’s a lot of lampooning. It?...