Review: FRANKENSTEIN Resurrects a Classic at Prime Stage
by Greg Kerestan
- Nov 11, 2022
What did our critic think of FRANKENSTEIN at Prime Stage? I'm a lifelong horror buff, devouring the Famous Monsters of Filmland on celluloid and printed page, as well as the artsy, philosophical 'elevated horror' that has become a literary and cinematic movement in the last decade. Both the schlocky and the thoughtful branches of horror can both trace their roots back to the shadow cast by Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and its innumerable adaptations. For whatever reason, her novel itself has never been a favorite of mine, though I love the way she bucked convention and gender roles to invent literary science fiction and elevated horror. Maybe it's because Frankenstein has transcended being a character on the page in a story with a beginning and end, and become a genuine folk icon. Even a perfect adaptation of Shelley's novel will feel incomplete because the idea of Frankenstein is now so much bigger than the text of Frankenstein. Here, science fiction writer Lawrence C. Connolly and director Liam Macik thread the needle of the Frankenstein myth in an adaptation that stays unusually true to Shelley's novel but nods to sources beyond.
LAB Theater Project Presents CREATING MONSTERS This Month
by Stephi Wild
- Aug 9, 2022
LAB Theater Project will present Creating Monsters, a new play by Tampa playwright Owen Roberson. Set in 1816, the play explores the turmoil surrounding Mary Shelley that influenced her creation of the monster in her masterpiece, Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus, a story that has been electrifying the public through multiple media for over 200 years.
ARCADIA Opens Next Month at Little Theatre
by Stephi Wild
- Jul 18, 2022
At the centre of this play about fate, mathematics, feminism, gardening, apples and the utter randomness of it all is the story of a group of people who simply cannot get it together when it comes to things that are actually important.
RSL Announces 60 New Fellows and Honorary Fellows For 2022
by Stephi Wild
- Jul 12, 2022
This evening, at an event held at Battersea Arts Centre, The Royal Society of Literature (RSL), the charity that represents the voice of literature in the UK, announced 60 new appointments including the first induction of writers elected to Fellowship through the Bicentenary RSL Open Initiative.
Marty Ambrose to Release New Novel FOREVER PAST Tomorrow
by Chloe Rabinowitz
- Jun 6, 2022
Forever Past, the latest novel by acclaimed writer Marty Ambrose, will be released in the US this June. Published by Severn House, Forever Past will be available in hardcover and eBook editions and available wherever fine books are sold on June 7, 2022.
BWW Review: PORCUPINE at Bywater Wonderland
by Tara Bennett
- Jun 2, 2022
Dr. Sigmund Freud is making a return visit to the United States, this time as a literary figure in the immersive theatrical experience, PORCUPINE.
Photos: First Look at DOM JUAN at The Vaults
by Chloe Rabinowitz
- May 12, 2022
‘Dom Juan’ by Molière is a light, dangerous, charming and addictive cocktail, that follows the last day of the legendary playboy’s life set against a backdrop of a decaying Venice Carnival.
Trinity Theatre Announces Summer Season
by Stephi Wild
- May 9, 2022
Unmissable programming, inspiring youth work and a unique architectural restoration project are all underway at Trinity Theatre this season as this leading cultural centre approaches its 40th anniversary.
DRACULA Premieres at Teatr Wielki - Opera Narodowa This Week
by Stephi Wild
- Apr 25, 2022
Dracula, Krzysztof Pastor’s choreography set to a selection of music by Wojciech Kilar, became a ballet sensation of 2018. Commissioned by the West Australian Ballet, it was given its debut in September 2018 in Perth.
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