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...past 10 years carrying signs such as “AIDS CURES FAGS” and “FAGS BURN IN HELL.” He says his church has held more than 21,300 pickets all across the country, most famously at the funeral of Matthew Shepard. Phelps is a 71-year-old Calvinist Bible preacher who believes in predestination, the concept that only God’s Elect are saved. “It’s a lie that god loves you,” Phelps proclaims, “He hates...
Fairchild’s production, though, never achieved the level that the material and the direction merited, because the cast simply did not execute the staging or deliver the lines well enough to do justice to Shepard or to Fairchild...
...Shepard writes material that actors covet, but that is different than easy-to-execute. If the acting in this production of West does not ultimately ring true, it remains an excellent play with a stylish production that is worth a look, especially for those unfamiliar with the piece...
...George Orwell taught us to beware of the sign on the wall reading: "Obey." It's best to get used to the idea. Way back in 1989, a Rhode Island School of Design graduate named Shepard Fairey started putting obscure stickers on buildings to promote a skateboard gang. They got attention and Fairey, inspired, kept slapping them up as a kind of mass psychology test: What does the average person make of a public sign that is, essentially, meaningless? The posters, stickers and spray-painted designs often bear the image of the late World Wrestling Federation star Andre the Giant...
...LARAMIE PROJECT The murder of gay student Matthew Shepard in Wyoming was the impetus for Moises Kaufman's unique stage docudrama, constructed entirely from interviews with the witnesses and participants. A pioneering work of theatrical reportage and a powerful stage event...