Friday, January 23, 2009

Peck School of the Arts

Peck School of the Arts

1001
by Jason Grote Directed by Rebecca Holderness
"We're trapped in this grand narrative."
http://www.theatermania.com/new-york/reviews/01-2007/1001_9952.html
“1001” is primarily a drama, and it starts out with the epic “The Arabian Nights,”
http://newyork.metromix.com/theater/theater_review/review-1001/247987/content

ARMS AND THE MAN
By George Bernard Shaw Directed by Michelle Lopez-Rios
"An Anti-Romantic Comedy."
http://www.answers.com/topic/arms-and-the-man-play-3
"The play is a comic love story"
http://www.curtainup.com/armsandthemanpearl.html

OEDIPUS REX
By Sophocles Directed by Tony Horne
" the domestic tragedy of the man and his mother-wife"
http://theater2.nytimes.com/mem/theater/treview.html?res=9E06E2DB123AF937A15752C1A9679C8B63

"a highly graceful use of an unavoidable element in classical tragedy"
http://theater2.nytimes.com/mem/theater/treview.html?html_title=&tols_title=OEDIPUS%20REX%20(PLAY)&pdate=20001006&byline=By%20BEN%20BRANTLEY&id=1077011430986

HAIR
Book and Lyrics by Gerome Ragni and James Rado Music by Galt MacDermot Produced for the Broadway Stage by Michael Butler Originally Produced by the New York Shakespeare Festival
Theatre Directed by Bill Watson.
"It is a rock musical so if that is your type of music this might be a great bit of entertainment."
http://www.helium.com/items/350644-musical-reviews-hair

“Hair” (1968) made Broadway history as the first rock musical, initially running over 4 years with a slew of chart-topping hit songs."
https://www.plays411.net/newsite/review/play_reviews.asp?page_status=pressrelease&show_id=1104

SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR
By Luigi Pirandello Directed by Jim Tasse
"The play is a satirical tragicomedy."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Characters_in_Search_of_an_Author

MILL FIRE
By Sally NemethDirected by Raeleen McMillion
"Sally Nemeth aptly illustrates in her bittersweet drama Mill Fire."
http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Retro_Productions_Presents_Sally_Nemeths_Mill_Fire_20080321

ACCIDENTAL DEATH OF AN ANARCHIST
By Dario Fo Directed by Rebecca Holderness
“a heady, hilarious farce…red-hot and sidesplitting!”
http://www.dtcinfo.org/CurrentSeason.aspx?P_ID=4754