Monthly Archives: September 2007

SNDY MRNING XPREZ DERAILED

Posted by Chloe Despite everyone’s best efforts, the show was canceled about an hour after it was to begin. I wasn’t terribly bothered; it got me out of bed and dressed at a respectable hour, I finally saw the inside … Continue reading

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Claude Wampler: I loved it. The performance is not the performance.

The last Claude Wampler run is tonight, and I’m thinking about going for a second time. It’s a tricky one not to spoil, so I’ll try not to by saying that this was the most personal show I’ve seen yet. … Continue reading

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Get thee to Gatz / Elevator Repair Service

I’m a slow reader, so I’m actually surprised that Elevator Repair Service’s Gatz – which everybody knows by now includes a complete reading of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby – is only about 7 hours long, not counting a … Continue reading

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T:BA:07 Day Ten – Saturday, 15 September 2007

T:BA:07 Day Ten – Saturday, 15 September 2007 9:30a Young Jean Lee Workshop, PNCA 12:30p Reading Between the Lines, PNCA 3:00p Gary Wiseman, Rimsky-Korsakoffe House 4:00p Simple Actions, PAM: Whitsell 6:30p Young Jean Lee’s Theater Co., PCPA: Winningstad 10:30p Ten … Continue reading

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Liz Haley

Polygraph Detector of Connection The face of the polygraph claims that it is the Detector of Deception. But you soon realize the show isn’t about truth; it is about interaction and emotion. Liz has created a structure to have interactions … Continue reading

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Claude Wampler

Having no preconceived notions about Claude Wampler as an artist, there was many assumptions that I took liberties to make based upon her interview with Mark Russell during the noontime CHAT at PNCA. Going into the show yesterday evening I … Continue reading

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I Like American Music: Part II

Krone and Waller, Authentic American Beauties. -posted by Patrick Alan Coleman Whereas Hand2Mouth’s Repeat After Me, tears American music down to its emotional foundations, Larry Krone and Holcombe Waller build upon those foundations to create work that is honest, riveting … Continue reading

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I Like American Music

Repeat After Me, “Hand2Mouth Rocks” -posted by Patrick Alan Coleman “In 86 minutes, I will know exactly how I feel about being an American.” Well, maybe not exactly, but as I left the Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center after Hand2Mouth’s crazed, … Continue reading

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Nature Theater–the 2nd act is worth staying for. Plus some thoughts on Liz Haley.

The first thing to know about Nature Theater’s No Dice is this: you don’t have to get your ham sandwich (or PB&J) at the beginning. You can wait until the intermission. Few of us understood this and we stood in … Continue reading

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Don’t miss this, old sport. Gatz is a treat.

Just go. Stop making excuses, and go. You’ll like it. It’s good for you. You won’t get bored. You’ll appreciate spending the seven plus hours not succumbing to your busy life. You’ll fall in love with the book, you’ll fall … Continue reading

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