Word: sugan
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...chilling central monologue of The Weir and experienced an entire theater falling into rapt silence knows that there's a core power to expert storytelling that can't be lost on any scale.This power is undoubtedly strongest, however, on the smallest scale. And therein lies the success of the Sugan Theatre Company's production of This Lime Tree Bower, one of McPherson's earliest plays, currently playing at the Boston Center for the Arts. First produced in Dublin and shortly thereafter in London, This Lime Tree Bower brought McPherson international recognition. Its easy to see why. Whereas a play like...
...secure McDonagh's reputation on both sides of the Atlantic as one of the most promising young playwrights of his generation. Eric Engel's new direction of the play, currently running at the Boston Center for the Arts, proves the mettle of McDonagh's script. Presented by the Sugan Theater Company, Engel's production aptly demonstrates that this hit Broadway play can be brought to the smaller stage without losing any of its sardonic bite or ferocious...
What is innovative about McDonagh's play is the psychological intensity of his characters and their complex relationship to their squalid surroundings. And fortunately for the Sugan Theater's production, Engels clearly understands the significance of these two aspects. The interactions of Mag and Maureen are given vital importance. The mother and daughter face off like two ferrets in a small cage; behind their petty tauntings and quick-paced reportage of insults, one can see how intent each woman is on destroying the other. Susan Zeeman Roger's set-dirty and sparsely furnished, with a rain machine adding a backdrop...