Reviewed by Tony Annicone Trinity Repertory Company’s current show in their 55th season is the tale of “Macbeth”, by William Shakespeare, about political ambition and how that ambition can destroy a person as well as the multitude of people around them. “Macbeth” could have been written about the times we are now living in about the cost of…
Category: Short Takes (3min read)
Comedic Feast in MRT’s ‘Slow Food’
by Deanna Dement Myers Slow Food – Written by Wendy MacLeod; Directed by Artistic Director Sean Daniels. Scenic Design by Apollo Mark Weaver; Costume Design by Deborah Newhall; Lighting Design by Brian J. Lilienthal; Sound Design by David Remedios. Presented by the Merrimack Repertory Theater 50 E Merrimack St, Lowell through February 3 “Everybody needs…
Manual Cinema’s “The End of TV” a Compelling Theatrical/Cinematic Experience
by Michele Markarian “The End of TV” by Manual Cinema. Screenplay by Kyle Vegter and Ben Kauffman. Direction and Storyboards by Julia Vanarsdale Miller. Presented by Arts Emerson, Emerson Paramount Center, 559 Washington Street, Boston, through January 27. “They tiptoe into your heart until you care for them so much,” is the first line of…
Silence and Omission in the ‘Heartland’
By Deanna Dement Myers “The space between the words is where the ache lies.” A charming young refugee, Nazrullah, brilliantly played by Shawn K. Jain, shows up at the home of retired University of Nebraska professor, Harold Banks (Ken Batlin). We soon learn that Nazrullah was a teacher at the same school in Afghanistan as…
