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...playwright Anne Washburn has impressively smudged that division, leaving an image of the fantastical nature of evil in its wake. Based on the trial of former Romanian dictators Nicolae and Elena Ceausescu and held together by a thick mixture of absurdity and Eastern European accents, the American Repertory Theatre??s world premiere of “The Communist Dracula Pageant” creates an image of madness that is both entertainingly and shockingly outlandish.The players will perform this unbelievable truth through Nov. 9. The audience is told near the beginning that “with the exception...
...myth,” Ampuero says. “Dr. Jonathan Shay, of Tufts University, wrote ‘Achilles in Vietnam’ and ‘Odysseus in America’ on war and theater created by veterans for veterans. He proposed this theory that Greek theatre??because it was written by generals and veterans of war and…performed by soldiers and soldiers in training and watched by them as well–would provide healing.” The students hope that “Ajax in Iraq” will further this...
...because of my own desire for cultural education, but also because one of the films was irresistibly advertised.“Nunsploitation’s finest hour and a half,” began the description of the 1972 film “Les Demons” on the theatre??s website; I was immediately sold. As far as I’m concerned, anyone not moved by a portmanteau that inventive clearly has no soul. Thus, late on a Friday night, I found myself seated among other eager moviegoers, most of them male, awaiting the start...
...that relationship.”BEYOND BOUNDARIESHistorically, the A.R.T.’s aim of advancing the art of dramatic theater has led to remarkably innovative, if not occasionally risky, work. In 1984, a production of Samuel Beckett’s “Endgame” damaged the theatre??s relationship with the playwright when stage directions were interpreted too liberally. Paulus plans to continue and re-invigorate this mission of pushing theater to its boundaries.“I’m interested in bashing apart any limitations of what that theater should...
...Hasty Pudding Theatre on Holyoke Street this October, provides one such outlet. The 272-seat theatre features state-of-the-art lighting, a mechanized orchestra pit, and a rehearsal and performance space as large as its main stage. Its location, Faust observed in remarks at the Theatre??s opening, “literally and figuratively made arts more central at the University...