Theater

Lowell’s Bedlam: John McCullough

by John McCullough Poetry and Poetics
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All acts of observation are partial and reveal as much about the observer as the observed.

Tagged as: Alfred Corn, Czar Lepke, Daniel Ricken, David Manson, Dick Jaffee, Elizabeth Bishop, Elizabeth Hardwick, Hannah Mercer, Jean Stafford, Lowell’s Bedlam, Lowri Lewis, Memories of West Street and Lepke, Palm Leaves, Robert Lowell, Roger Sansom, Tennyson

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Lowell’s Bedlam: M G Stephens

by M G Stephens Poetry and Poetics
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Alfred Corn’s play gives us an inner portrait of Robert Lowell that is not found in either the biography or the poetry itself.

Tagged as: Alfred Corn, bipolar, Confessionalism, Elizabeth Bishop, Elizabeth Hardwick, John McCullough, Leonie Scott-Matthews, Lowell’s Bedlam, M G Stephens, manic depression, Pentameters Theatre, Pitney Akins, Robert Lowell, The Horseshoe

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The Master’s Thesis: Synetic Theater’s The Master and Margarita

by Brian Chappell Fiction
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To help get my mind around what Synetic Theater was trying to do with their adaptation of Bulgakov’s oppression-defying, faith-affirming romp The Master and Margarita, I turned to Linda Hutcheon’s helpful study of postmodern adaptations.

Tagged as: A Theory of Adaptation, Bulkagov, Linda Hutcheon, Master and Margerita

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100 Chimes at Midnight

by Adam Fitzgerald Aesthetics
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FALSTAFF:
My king! my Jove! I speak to thee, my heart!

Tagged as: Chimes at Midnight, Henry IV, Henry V, Javier Marias, Joe Weil, Orson Welles, Politics, Power, Rejection, Rhetoric

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An Annotated ‘Some Enchanted Evening’

by Stuart Krimko Aesthetics

I recommend playing all the videos at the same time.

Tagged as: 1001 Nights, Broadway, Camus, David Crosby, Fleetwood Mac, Patsy Cline, rickroll, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Stevie Nicks

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Fashion Correspondent: Rodarte

by Stuart Krimko Art

We all have fantasy careers. I’ve always thought it would be great to be an Off-Broadway actor. I would invite my cohorts over to my Hell’s Kitchen apartment after a weeknight show, and we would drink Powers whisky and smoke cigarettes until the wee hours; mornings would be slow, slightly hazy…

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