If you ever get the opportunity to see or read this, JUMP ON IT. I tell you three times. This delightful piece serves as the flagship of new Artistic Director Bill Rausch's mandate for the company: bring in lots of new young blood, and expand the repertory to include a lot more non-Western, non-traditional works. To my mind, this Sanskrit play ( ( Read more... )

Sorry, have lost a little bit of momentum here because we had to pull up stakes and leave our vacation rental. Seems like somebody else reserved it for the weekend. Wretched people, whoever you are! *shakes fist* Yesterday morning was spent getting our stuff packed up again, then we wandered around Ashland until it was curtain time. (The H.A. ( Read more... )

Or, as the Heir Apparent decided it should be called: Trajudy: Ur Doin' It Wrong.YeeeHAW, cowboys and cowgirls, saddle up and lemme tell y'all about tonight's play! A rootin' tootin' rip-snortin' good ol' time down at the ol' saloon was had by all, in viewin' this version of the play that was set out in the Wild West...in fact, west of the Pecos * ( Read more... )

Holy crap. Holy CRAP. HOLY. CRAP ( Read more... )

Well. Our Town.Yes ( Read more... )

One of the new works at the Festival--it didn't premiere here, but its previous run has been limited. And our judgement call is a resounding "...Meh ( Read more... )

Once again, here's the media link. The clip doesn't show enough of the strongest Iago I've ever seen, but you'll get a sense of it, at least. Not quite the strongest Othello or Desdemona, but certainly in the top five ( Read more... )

I had intended to produce a photo-enhanced journal a la sauvagerie, but my cell phone is not speaking to my laptop (perhaps a dispute over an Indian changeling?) so it ain't gonna happen just yet. Which is a shame, because among other things, I have a fine photograph of the gimongous bruise on my foot caused by dropping luggage on it, and also a picture of ( Read more... )

Greetings, Scholars ( Read more... )