I do have a sincere (and most likely minority) belief that Shakespeare plays need to be retired as more often than not, it just does not need to be done. It is however an often safe and boring choice for many PWI theatres and a guarantee to hire mostly white actors dishing out their favorite monologues to varying amounts of success.
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Launching the new 2024-25 “True Grit” season at A Noise Within, co-artistic directors Julia Rodriguez-Elliott and Geoff Elliott co-direct The Skin of Our Teeth, the 1942 Pulitzer Prize-winning, time-bending comic romp by Thornton Wilder.
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It is always a pleasure to review any productions at A Noise Within because more often than not, they constantly deliver bold works of art from all aspects in the creative department. This is to be the case once again for King Hedley II, an incredible rendition of August Wilson’s ninth play in his ten-part Pittsburgh Cycle series.
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Staged adaptations of novels usually don’t end up working well as they are clunky at best and downright tedious at worst. Thankfully, the staged version of Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye is one of the few works that so vividly brings the novel’s words to life, thanks to the fine adaptation of Lydia R. Diamond.
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I have to make a conscious effort of reviewing plays I am invited to cover without learning anything about it and just go in completely blind. In this day and age, such an effort is difficult to do and even more so when the individual such as myself is an information devouring maniac.
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