By Mike Hoban “Mommy’s Dead and They Buried Her in Moscow” – Created by Nervous Theater Company; Directed by Connor Berkompas. Presented by Nervous Theater in a co-production with The Ellen Theater at the Ellen Theater in Bozeman, MT. Available for streaming now. How do you transform The Three Sisters, Chekhov’s masterpiece of narcissistic despair,…
“Hype Man” (Still) Exceeds the Hype
by Mike Hoban “Hype Man: a break beat play” – Written by Idris Goodwin. Stage version originally directed by Shawn LaCount. Filmed version co-directed by John Oluwole ADEkoje and Shawn LaCount. Cinematography by The Loop Lab. Animation and illustrations by Barrington Edwards. Presented by Company One Theatre and American Repertory Theater. Available for streaming through…
‘Conjurors’ Parlor Tricks Deliver Astonishment
By Mike Hoban I can’t say I ever been a big fan of magic, probably because I could never separate the high profile practitioners from the actual craft. When I was growing up, there was the ostentatious and oft-parodied Siegfried & Roy with their white tigers; the cheesy made-for-TV illusions of David Copperfield (he made…
‘A BRIMFUL OF ASHA’ OVERFLOWS WITH HOPE
By Linda Chin A BRIMFUL OF ASHA – Written and Performed by Ravi Jain and Asha Jain; Directed by Ravi Jain; Set Design by Julie Fox; Lighting and Video Design by Beth Kates (Playground Studios). A year from the day that many theatres went dark, I managed to persuade my twenty-something daughter and son that we…
