BWW Review: Chekhov on the Delaware: Perfectly Calibrated Durang Play Opens Good Theater's 15th Season
During the first act of Christopher Durang's Tony award-winning 2013 play, Vanya and Sonya and Masha and Spike, the characters muse that 'if everyone were on anti-depressants, there would be no Chekhov.' Happily for Portland theatre goers, it seems that none of the six colorful, endearing, eccentric personages in Durang's contemporary comedy appears to be on any medication. Rather they squabble and moan and rant about their lives in absurdly clever and humorous dialogue as they struggle to find some happiness in the human bonds which connect them.
Good Theater VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE
Good Theater, the professional theater company in residence at the St. Lawrence Arts Center, will kick off its 15th Anniversary Season with the Portland premiere of the 2013 Tony Award winning Best Play, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike by Christopher Durang and directed by Good Theater's Artistic Director, Brian P. Allen The show will begin on Wednesday October 19 and play for five weeks through Sunday November 20 for a total of 30 performances.
Theater for the New City to Present ISLAND GIRLS, 1/9-26
Island Girls, written by Barbara Kahn and Noelle LuSane, music by Noelle LuSane, directed by Robert Gonzales Jr. and Barbara Kahn, is set in the Women's Workhouse and Prison on Welfare Island in 1927. Musical direction and choreography by Robert Gonzales Jr. Set and Lighting Design by Mark Marcante. Costume Design by Carla Gant. Featuring Gregory Dann, Pamela Stewart Ehn, Alicia Foxworth, Noelle LuSane, Anna Podolak, Adrienne Powell, Emily Radosevich, Elia Rangel and Steph Van Vlack. January 9 - 26 2014. Thus-Sat @ 8pm, Sun @3pm. Theater for the New City, 155 First Ave @ 10th St. NYC. Subway: L to 1st Ave. Bus: M14 or M8 to 1st Ave. Tickets $12. TDF accepted. Group discounts available. Reservations/info: 212-254-1109. www.theaterforthenewcity.net.
BWW Reviews: Good Theater's CLYBOURNE PARK Takes Incisive Aim at Racism
Portland's (Maine) Good Theater opened its 2013-2014 season with an incisive production of Bruce Norris' 2011 Pultizer Prize winning drama, Clybourne Park. The play, inspired by Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun, explores the issues of subtle, yet pervasive racism in a Chicago neighborhood, first in 1959 and then in 2009. That the characters in each half of the drama have different names and ostensibly different experiences is a bitter illusion. History not only repeats itself, albeit it in a more understated and sophisticated way, but it also painfully demonstrates that prejudice dies hard; even time, education, and improving economics do not erase deeply ingrained fears and intolerance.
CLYBOURNE PARK Opens Good Theater's 12th Season, Now thru 10/27
Good Theater kicks off its 12th season with the 2012 Tony Award winning Best Play CLYBOURNE PARK by Bruce Norris, playing today, October 2-27, at the St. Lawrence Arts Center, 76 Congress Street, Portland. Contact Good Theater at 207-885-5885 or www.goodtheater.com for tickets and information.
CLYBOURNE PARK to Open Good Theater's 12th Season, 10/2-27
Good Theater kicks off its 12th season with the 2012 Tony Award winning Best Play CLYBOURNE PARKby Bruce Norris, playing October 2-27, at the St. Lawrence Arts Center, 76 Congress Street, Portland. Contact Good Theater at 207-885-5885 or www.goodtheater.com for tickets and information.
Good Theater Announces 2013-14 Season
Good Theater, the professional theater company in residence at the St. Lawrence Arts Center, 76 Congress Street, Portland, is proud to announce its 12th Anniversary Season. The company will host two Maine premieres, a Portland premiere and a New England premiere for 2013-2014.
Good Theater Presents GOOD PEOPLE, Now thru 11/4
Good Theater will present the Maine premiere of the recent Broadway success Good People by David Lindsay-Abaire. Good People runs from tonight, October 10 through November 4, at the St. Lawrence Arts Center, 76 Congress Street, Portland. For tickets and information contact the Good Theater box office at 207-885-5883.
Good Theater to Present GOOD PEOPLE, 10/10-11/4
Good Theater will present the Maine premiere of the recent Broadway success Good People by David Lindsay-Abaire. Good People runs from October 10 through November 4, at the St. Lawrence Arts Center, 76 Congress Street, Portland. For tickets and information contact the Good Theater box office at 207-885-5883.
Good Theater Announces 11th Season: GOOD PEOPLE, 4000 MILES and More
Good Theater, the professional company in residence at the St. Lawrence Arts Center, is gearing up for its 11th season of plays and musicals. Artistic Director Brian P. Allen calls this, “a season of firsts with two Maine premieres, a New England premiere and an East Coast premiere. Plus we've added a very special kick off event with a major Broadway star.'