TheatreEddys Goes to the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe FestivalFor the fourth time, I am returning to the inspiration and spawning parent for the network of over 200 fringes around the world, the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Now in its 70th year, the Fringe has been emulated not only in our own San Francisco, but in cities across the United States, Canada, and on the continents of … [Read more...] about “Theatre Eddys Goes to the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe Festival”
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“Summary of 2017 Theatre Eddys at Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Ashland”
Summary of 2017 Theatre Eddys at Oregon Shakespeare Festival, AshlandThe following is my final rank-order of the ten plays I saw this year in Ashland at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. I was lucky enough to see all but one of the 2017 season’s offerings.The list starts with what I consider the best show of the year, that one being among many good ones. I include … [Read more...] about “Summary of 2017 Theatre Eddys at Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Ashland”
“The Odyssey”: Day 2, Play 3, TheatreEddy’s at OSF Ashland 2017
The OdysseyHomer, Adapted by Mary Zimmerman from the Translation by Robert FitzgeraldOregon Shakespeare FestivalAnyone who read in a high school Latin class the Roman version of Homer’s The Odyssey may remember the weeks of translating that it took to get through the 12,000+ lines. There are moments during the current Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s version of Mary … [Read more...] about “The Odyssey”: Day 2, Play 3, TheatreEddy’s at OSF Ashland 2017
“The Eddys”: Theatre Eddys’ Top Theatrical Picks for 2016, San Francisco Bay Area
Theatre Eddys Presents “The Eddys”Our San Francisco Bay Area Top Theatre Productions, 2016The Eddys: Ed Jones (Of Blessed Memory) & Eddie ReynoldsFor Theatre Eddys, 2016 was a record-breaking, heart-breaking year. Even as one half of the “Eddys” was on increasingly debilitating chemotherapy regimen before beginning ten weeks of hospice care, Eddie and Ed attended … [Read more...] about “The Eddys”: Theatre Eddys’ Top Theatrical Picks for 2016, San Francisco Bay Area
TheatreEddys on Pause Until January 2017 to Mourn Loss
Dear TheatreEddys Readers:Edwin Brent Jones, 1958-2016I will not be reviewing any more plays through the rest of 2016 in order to mourn the loss of my dear husband, Edwin (Ed) Brent Jones, who died Sunday, November 20, 2016, after a brave, hard-fought, seven-year battle with colorectal cancer. In Jewish tradition, I will take the next month to pause normal activity and to … [Read more...] about TheatreEddys on Pause Until January 2017 to Mourn Loss
“Miss Conception”
Miss Conception(aka Kevin Levesque)From Aboard a Recent Brand g Cruise on the DanubeIntroduction:Miss ConceptionWhile recently on vacation, not only did we get to see (and I subsequently reviewed) 34 shows at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, we also were lucky enough to catch on our nine-day Brand g cruise on the Danube two astounding cabaret shows by Miss Conception, the drag … [Read more...] about “Miss Conception”
“Day Nine (Last Day): Mini Reviews from 2016 Edinburgh Fringe Festival”
2016 Edinburgh Fringe Show #33Stop the TrainRick Guard and Phil Rice (Book & Music)More to Life Productions LtdParadise Green at AugustinesCan a musical about a bomb-vested terrorist threatening to end it all for hostages on a commuter train actually be funny, uplifting, and in the end, a totally feel-good experience? If that musical is called Stop the Train and is … [Read more...] about “Day Nine (Last Day): Mini Reviews from 2016 Edinburgh Fringe Festival”
“Day Eight: Mini-Reviews from the Edinburgh Fringe Festival”
2016 Edinburgh Fringe Show #28Lost in BlueDebs NewboldNimble FishSummerhallOne woman stands before us and on-the-spot creates an incredible sound track of effects to accompany the solo telling of her multi-layered, multi-character story that entices and grips with its mysteries, memories, and magic. Debs Newbold, both writer and performer of Lost in Blue,is nothing short … [Read more...] about “Day Eight: Mini-Reviews from the Edinburgh Fringe Festival”
“Day Seven: The 2016 Edinburgh Fringe Festival”
2016 Edinburgh Fringe Show #24Great ExpectationsPeter Fanning (Book): John Moore (Music)Shrewsbury SchoolCTaking one of the most beloved novels of all times and its two-dozen-plus major characters – several now iconic in their own rights – and turning that classic into a new musical with soaring music and a comprehensible book is quite a daunting task. When the impressive … [Read more...] about “Day Seven: The 2016 Edinburgh Fringe Festival”
“Day Six: Mini-Reviews from Edinburgh Fringe Festival”
2016 Edinburgh Fringe Show #20Glasgow GirlsPachamama Productions David Greig (Book), Kielty Brothers, Cora Bissett, Patricia Panther & MC Soom T (Music)Assembly, Mound Hall In 2005, a group of seven teenage women in Glasgow, Scotland said enough is enough as they watched immigration officials break down doors in the early morning and haul away children and their parents for … [Read more...] about “Day Six: Mini-Reviews from Edinburgh Fringe Festival”
“Day Five: Mini-Reviews from the 2016 Edinburgh Fringe Festival”
2016 Edinburgh Fringe Show #15Please Excuse My Dear Aunt SallyKevin ArmentoOne Year Lease Theatre CompanyThe PleasanceFrom the unique advantage of a cell phone, a riveting, screen-by-screen, word-for-word accounting is laid bare of an initially innocent-enough, later totally illicit relationship between a high school math teacher and a fifteen-year-old student. Five … [Read more...] about “Day Five: Mini-Reviews from the 2016 Edinburgh Fringe Festival”
Day Four: Mini Reviews from 2016 Edinburgh Fringe Festival
2016 Edinburgh Fringe Show #10Callisto: a queer epicHoward CoaseForward ArenaThe PleasanceFour stories of the recent and far past and the much farther future intertwine in Howard Coase’s new work, Callisto: a queer epic, to explore same-sex relationships – all with the common thread of “Callisto,” the fourth and largest moon of Jupiter. Time and space, fact and fiction, … [Read more...] about Day Four: Mini Reviews from 2016 Edinburgh Fringe Festival
“Day Three: Mini Reviews of The Edinburgh 2016 Fringe Festival”
2016 Edinburgh Fringe Show #5House + Amongst the ReedsSomalia Seaton & Chino OdimbaClean Break Theatre CompanyAssembly George Square, Box TheatreTwo sisters and a mother reunite in the family home after one sister has been away for five years, having been incarcerated and dealing with drug-induced issues in Somalia Seaton’s new work entitled House. As Patricia (Pat) … [Read more...] about “Day Three: Mini Reviews of The Edinburgh 2016 Fringe Festival”
“The 2016 Edinburgh Fringe Festival: Mini Reviews, Days One & Two
Our Nine Days at the 2016 Edinburgh Fringe FestivalFor the third time, we are visiting Edinburgh, explicitly to attend the world-famous grandfather of all fringe festivals now popular around the globe. With over 3000 events in 464 venues for a total of 50,000+ performances in three weeks, the Edinburgh Fringe Festival is clearly the world’s largest performing arts … [Read more...] about “The 2016 Edinburgh Fringe Festival: Mini Reviews, Days One & Two
Six Mini Reviews from the Philadelphia Theatre Scene
While at the annual meeting of the American Theatre Critics Association, I was able to attend six plays with my colleagues from across the nation. Following are six short reviews I wrote about each of the productions. What I learned loud and clear is that the theatre scene of Philadelphia is extremely rich and exciting and is well worth a trip to the city just … [Read more...] about Six Mini Reviews from the Philadelphia Theatre Scene
