Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Project #1: Genres

Ensemble Theatre (Cincinnati,OH)

Post# 1

Next Fall by Geoffrey Nauffts (produced 2011)

"a funny drama, a romance, an issues play."
http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20110127/ENT12/101280316/Ensemble-s-Next-Fall-packs-a-wallop

"a thoughtful drama with an overlay of humor."

http://www.citybeat.com/cincinnati/article-22594-next-fall-%28review%29.html


Post #2

Collected Stories by Donald Margulies (produced 2010)

"this durable drama about the manners and morals of writers"
http://theater.nytimes.com/2010/04/29/theater/reviews/29collected.html


Donald Margulies' two-hander drama "Collected Stories"
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/collected-stories-theater-review-29535

Post# 3

Thurgood by George Stevents Jr (produced 2010)

"Broadway bioplay"

http://www.newsweek.com/2008/05/03/courtroom-drama.html

"one-man stage biography of Justice Thurgood Marshall, "

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/articles/39003/reviewed-thurgood-and-el-bola-a-stirring-tribute-to-thurgood

Post # 4

Your Negro Tour Guide: Thruths in Black and White by cathy Y. Wilson (produced 2010)

"performance piece on identity in modern America"
http://www.thecincinnatiherald.com/news/2010-10-02/Section_B/C_hronicle_Thurgood_and_Your_Negro_Tour_Guide_comi.html

"Many of them were collected in a 2004 book of her essays, NPR commentaries and more."
http://blogs.citybeat.com/fringe08/2008/06/review-your-neg.html

Post #5

Cinderella book by Joseph McDonough Lyrics by David Kisor music by Fitz Patton (2010)

"new take on the old tale - rollicking and fun" musical
http://patriciagarry.com/blog/nfblog/?p=821

"musical take on the traditional tale"
http://www.theatricalrights.com/cinderella

Post #6

End Days by Deborah Zoe Laufer (produced 2011)

"rapturously funny play"

http://www.deborahzoelaufer.com/end-days-miami-herald.htm

"a sour-sweet comedy by Deborah Zoe Laufer"
http://theater.nytimes.com/2009/04/03/theater/reviews/03days.html

Post #7

Winter Wonderettes (produced 2011)
by Roger Bean

"The New 60s Holiday Musical"

http://blogcritics.org/culture/article/theater-review-la-winter-wonderettes-by/

"he holiday sequel to the smash off-Broadway hit created by Roger Bean."

http://lmlmusic.com/artists/winter-wonderettes/

Post #8

Grey Gardens by Doug Wright (produced 2008)

"irritatingly mixed blessing of a musical"
http://theater.nytimes.com/2006/03/08/theater/reviews/08grey.html?pagewanted=all

"isn't the revolutionary musical for today"
http://nymag.com/arts/theater/reviews/23757/

Post # 9

The Seafarer by Conor McPherson (Produced 2008)

"inspiration for “The Seafarer” is Celtic folklore."
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/11/theater/11gure.html

“a fable about a struggle for redemption,”
www.sanjose-stage.com/_docs/PR_Seafarer.pdf

Post # 10

Gem of the Ocean by August Wilson (produced 2008)

"the grandly evangelical new play"
http://theater.nytimes.com/2004/12/07/theater/reviews/07ocea.html

"his penultimate play...dramatizing the experience..."


Part 2. CCM (College Conservatory of Music)

Post#1

Evita by Andrew Loyde Webber Produced (2010)

This dazzling “rock-umentary”

CCM Season Brochure
http://ccm.uc.edu/boxoffice.html

"musical genre"
http://www.reelviews.net/movies/e/evita.html

Post #2

Rent by Jonathan Larson (2011)

"rock opera"
www2.cortland.edu/dotAsset/123958.pdf

"portrayal of Bohemian life in 1980's era"
http://www.broadwaybox.com/reviews/theater/rent_reviews.aspx

Post #3

The MatchMaker by Thornton Wilder (2010)

"farce in the old-fashioned sense"
http://www.enotes.com/matchmaker

"comedic farce "
http://www.curtainup.com/b-matchm.html

Post # 4

OUR TOWN By Thornton Wilder (2011)

"great American classic"
http://www.curtainup.com/ourtown.html

"American play"
http://theater.nytimes.com/mem/theater/treview.html?res=940DE5DF1138F936A35751C1A96E948260

Post #5

You Cant Take it With You by Kaufman and Hart (produced 2009)

" A Classic Play"
http://theater.nytimes.com/mem/theater/treview.html?res=9406EEDB1731F934A1575BC0A9669C8B63

"Hart play"
http://www.ericdsnider.com/theater/you-cant-take-it-with-you/

Post #6

Orpheus Descending by Tennessee Williams (2009)

"dramatic poetry"
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2010/01/theater-review-orpheus-descending-at-theatretheater.html

"dramatic vision"
http://www.curtainup.com/orpheusdescending.html

Post #7

Spring Awakening by Frank Wedekind (2008)

"Rock 'n' Roll Heartbeat"

http://theater.nytimes.com/2006/06/16/theater/reviews/16awak.html

"indie-rock treatment"
http://nymag.com/arts/theater/reviews/25582/

Post #8

On the Verge, or The Geography of Yearning by Eric Overmyer (2008)

"comedic adventure "
http://www.repstage.org/Productions/OntheVerge/

"Time-traveling comedy"
http://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/20226.aspx

Post # 9
Crimes of the Heart by Beth Henley (2008)

"comedy"
http://theater.nytimes.com/mem/theater/treview.html?res=9804e3df1e39f936a35752c1a967948260

"Southern family melodramas."
http://www.curtainup.com/crimesoftheheart.html

Post #10

Blood Wedding by Federico Garcia Lorca (2008)

"Macbeth of Lorca's plays"

http://www.curtainup.com/bloodwedding.html

"poetic tragedies. The first of the three plays,"

http://theater.nytimes.com/mem/theater/treview.html?res=9E0CE1DE163EF936A25756C0A964958260

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