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NOTES ON THE ARTS: TOP THEATRE, BOOKS, DVDS, PLUS AN ASININE REMARK

Posted on September 5, 2021 by strecker

1.Three Tall Women by Edward Albee at the Stratford Festival: At one point, as I watched Martha Henry playing A, I listened to her speak Edward Albee’s meticulously crafted lines and let my eyes wander into the deep darkness above … Continue reading →

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RON KENNELL: ACTOR-WRITER, NOW AT 2019 STRATFORD FESTIVAL (IN HENRY VIII AND NATHAN THE WISE), EXPLAINS “MY MIND EXPLODES WITH IDEAS. I AM A STRANGER IN MY OWN DREAMSCAPES AND IN THEM I SPEAK IN LANGUAGES I DON’T EVEN KNOW. I WANT TO WRITE ABOUT IT ALL BUT I DON’T WANT TO MISS ANYTHING WHILE I AM HOLED UP IN MY ATTIC. IT IS A JOYOUS PROBLEM; A CURSE AND A BLESSING.” …A REVIEWER INTERVIEWS PEOPLE IN THE ARTS

Posted on May 9, 2019 by strecker

  JAMES STRECKER: Please tell us about one or more projects that you have been working on or have recently completed. Why exactly do they matter to you and why should they matter to us? RON KENNELL: I have been … Continue reading →

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ONCE MIRANDA AND NOW PROSPERO: TWO VISITS TO THE 2018 STRATFORD FESTIVAL’S THE TEMPEST

Posted on September 9, 2018 by strecker

William Hutt as Prospero and Martha Henry as Miranda in 1962 Martha Henry’s Prospero gazes down from the upper level of the Stratford Festival stage as we enter the auditorium to witness Shakespeare’s assumed last play, The Tempest. We are … Continue reading →

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BRUCE DOW: AFTER BROADWAY, STRATFORD, AND BUDDIES IN BAD TIMES, THE AWARD-WINNING ACTOR DECLARES, “I LOVE STUDENT AUDIENCES. THEY ARE THE FIRST ONES TO PRAISE YOU FOR GOOD WORK, AND/OR TO CALL YOU OUT ON YOUR PRETENTIOUS BULLS*T” … A REVIEWER’S INTERVIEW WITH PEOPLE IN THE ARTS

Posted on April 14, 2018 by strecker

JAMES STRECKER: If you were asked for 50 words for an encyclopedia to summarize what you do, or have done, in the arts, what would you say? BRUCE DOW: Bruce Dow is an award-winning theatre artist and educator, best known … Continue reading →

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EVAN BULIUNG: LEADING ACTOR EXPLAINS “THEATRE IS NOT MOUNTED ON A WALL, IT IS A LIVING BREATHING ORGANISM THAT CHANGES FROM SHOW TO SHOW, SO TO BASE CRITIQUES ON ONE SHOW IS MOOT. I WOULD HOPE MOST GOOD REVIEWERS WOULD KNOW AND APPRECIATE THIS” … A REVIEWER’S INTERVIEW WITH PEOPLE IN THE ARTS

Posted on December 8, 2017 by strecker

JAMES STRECKER: If you were asked for 50 words for an encyclopedia to summarize what you do, or have done, in the arts, what would you say? EVAN BULIUNG: We​ ​gather​ ​together​ ​as​ ​a​ ​group​ ​of​ ​performers​ ​with​ ​generally​ ​low​ … Continue reading →

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MARTHA HENRY: ACTOR/DIRECTOR, FORTY-TWO YEAR VETERAN OF THE STRATFORD FESTIVAL – AND PROSPERO IN THE TEMPEST OF STRATFORD’S 2018 SEASON – DECLARES “WE ARE MOVING TOWARD A REALIZATION THAT OUR NOTIONS OF CASTING, OF WHITE DOMINANCE IN THE THEATRE, ARE BEING NOT ONLY CHALLENGED BUT BLOWN TO SHREDS…… THE WORLD ITSELF IS CHANGING AND THE THEATRE IS IN THE VANGUARD”.. A REVIEWER’S INTERVIEW WITH PEOPLE IN THE ARTS

Posted on December 6, 2017 by strecker

JAMES STRECKER: If you were asked for 50 words for an encyclopedia to summarize what you do, or have done, in the arts, what would you say? MARTHA HENRY: Oh, good grief. “I work in the theatre.” JS: What important … Continue reading →

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ALL MY SONS: A STUNNING STRATFORD FESTIVAL PRODUCTION OF ARTHUR MILLER’S PLAY THAT FORCES OUR HONEST INTROSPECTION

Posted on September 7, 2016 by strecker

Very soon into the Stratford Festival’s production of All My Sons, we realize that we intimately know these people before us. We run into them by the hour in our daily lives. However, if we have the guts to admit … Continue reading →

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