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(10/02/03 6:00am)
In \Duplex,"" a young, successful Manhattan couple, Alex and
Nancy, are in the market for a more accommodating residence. In
what seems like a stroke of luck, they find a lovely duplex in the
neighboring borough of Brooklyn. But there is a catch. An elderly
Irish woman lives in the upstairs apartment and because of New York
City tenant laws, she cannot be evicted and still pays the original
rent of $88 a month.
(09/15/03 6:00am)
Dentist Dave Hurst's whole family has been stricken with the flu
and he juggles vomiting children, while the requests of a
half-conscious wife and visions of his dental hygienist dressed in
a sexy dress crooning \You Give Me Fever"" follow him through his
house. This is one of the many scenes in Alan Rudolph's latest
film, ""The Secret Lives of Dentists,"" a film told from the
perspective of Hurst, a husband and father on the verge of breaking
down.
(03/03/03 6:00am)
The great American theater of guns, sex, religion and money are
all brought to life without the use of the spoken word in Broom
Street Theater's latest production \Silent Play."" Bringing the
epic tales of the early films to the stage, Broom Street Theater
maintains its reputation as Madison's most non-traditional theater
experience. Using only title cards and music, ""Silent Play"" is an
amusing experiment aiming to make you laugh.
(09/16/02 6:00am)
The Madison Repertory Theater continues their tradition of
presenting award-winning theater with their first fall production,
David Auburn's Pulitzer Prize and Tony award winning play \Proof.""
Playing at the Isthmus Theater, located in the Madison Civic
Center, 211 State St., ""Proof"" exemplifies the reason why the
Rep's productions offer the best theater in Madison.
(03/18/02 6:00am)
Baseball, racism and the American dream'all themes in The
Madison Repertory Theater's latest production, August Wilson's
\Fences."" In the tradition of classic American playwrights Arthur
Miller and Eugene O'Neil, ""Fences,"" playing at The Isthmus
Playhouse, portrays the uniquely American dynamics that challenge
the African American family. Within the play's flawed protagonist,
Troy Maxson, Wilson is able to communicate not only a deeply
personal tale of a man with lost dreams, but also a more broad
criticism of the condition of black people in America. The
Repertory's production seems to spare no cost in producing this
award-winning play as the acting, direction and set design are all
superb.
(02/11/02 6:00am)
The Mundys aren't exactly your normal Irish family of the
1930's. Five unmarried sisters and one bastard son do not exactly
fit the mold of a traditional Christian family. Yet the Madison
Theater Guild's production of Brian Friel's award-winning play,
\Dancing at Lughnasa,"" shows effectively how the tragedy of this
family is hardly just a product of their lack of convention.
(02/01/02 6:00am)
The remake is a tricky genre of film. Some would say why do
something that has already been done? Others might reply, if it
worked once, why not make it again? In any case, Kevin Reynolds'
adaptation of \The Count of Monte Cristo"" works.
(12/03/01 6:00am)
Those not from Wisconsin who attend the Madison Repertory
Theatre's production of \Guys on Ice,"" an ode to ice fishing and
Wisconsin culture being presented in Vilas Hall's Mitchell Theatre
from now until Dec. 23, may feel like they're missing the joke.
This musical portraying a day in the life of ice fishermen Marvin
and Lloyd, two normal guys from Sturgeon Bay, Wis., is full of the
flatulence, wife troubles and beer drinking all too familiar to
Wisconsinites. Despite being backed by months of anthropological
research into the world of ice fishing in northern Wisconsin,
though, this piece, intended to be a comedic expos?? of Wisconsin
culture, doesn't take any chances. ""Guys on Ice,"" despite strong
performances, doesn't quite cut it.
(10/22/01 6:00am)
As I sat and watched the University Theatre's adaptation of 'The
Tempest,' I wondered what William Shakespeare would have thought.
With costumes ranging from Armani suits to ripped-up daisy dukes,
techno music-dancing spirits and a woman playing the lead role of
Prospero, this was not exactly a traditional portrayal of
Shakespeare's tale of betrayal, magic and forgiveness. Yet all
these eccentricities seemed not only to make the Shakespearean
language and themes more accessible to this largely college-age
audience, but also accentuated and magnified the level of dark
surrealism and creepiness that can be read into this play.
(10/01/01 6:00am)
A cross-dressing hotel clerk, a boxing nun, a cowboy lesbian, a
sleepwalking nymphomaniac, a fly-eating psychopath, a verbally
dyslexic German doctor with Turette's syndrome and a real-estate
broker named John are some of the characters making up Callen
Harty's 'Count Fagula,' now playing at the Broom Street Theater,
1119 Williamson St. This parody of Bram Stoker's 'Dracula' combines
slapstick humor, everything from pop to country music and biting
sexual commentary to produce a fun and sometimes hard-to-believe
experience.
(09/17/01 6:00am)
Tangling with such themes as race and paternal loyalty, Athol
Fugard's 'Master Harold and the Boys' unfolds as a painful and
important vision of a boy becoming a man in the mid-20th century
South African world, one deeply rooted in prejudice.