Johnny Shea chatted with Theater Mirror about the musical’s evergreen themes of othering and acceptance, and about finding the light (and the laughs) in an absurdist story filled with drama and darkness.
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Ezra Knight on His Leading Role in The Huntington’s Upcoming Production of “Purpose”
Theater veteran Ezra Knight has trod the boards on Broadway for decades in everything from Othello to Mean Girls and Pretty Woman, not to mention a long list of credits off-Broadway, on television, and in film. Even on a Zoom call, Knight brings a quality of presence that feels right for Solomon, a larger-than-life figure whose stature casts a shadow full of all-too-human complexities. Knight shared his insights into his character, the play, and the themes to which Jenkins-Jacobs is writing in Purpose.
Director Igor Golyak on ‘Delirium,’ His New Adaptation of Ionesco’s ‘Délire à deux’
Igor Golyak, the founding artistic director of multiple award-winning theatrical company Arlekin Players, translates and adapts the play, giving it the title Delirium and honing its labyrinthine meditations toward a poetic distillation that doesn’t simplify the work, but invites the audience to engage with it emotionally and intellectually.
Director Julia Murney & Actor Wendy Lippe on the Complex Relationships in ‘Frankie & Johnny in the Claire de Lune’
Wendy Lippe and Julia Murney chatted with Theater Mirror’s Kilian Melloy about how their lives had crisscrossed over the decades, how they reconnected, and why Lippe brought her old acquaintance to Boston for this production.
