by Kendra Thurlow | Oct 30, 2008 | Stage
In Ted Tiller's adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula, the bulk of the action takes place at psychiatrist Dr. Seward's living quarters on the grounds of the Asylum for the Insane in 1930s England. At dinner one night the characters—Dr. Seward; Sybil,...
by Chris Rohmann | Oct 30, 2008 | Stage
It's called the actor's nightmare. You find yourself onstage in a play you don't know, playing a part you didn't realize you'd been cast in and don't know the lines for.The actors in The Golden Lotus might well have felt they were in a...
by Chris Rohmann | Nov 6, 2008 | Stage
Six black men—well, five men and a young boy—share the stage and interlocking lives in Daniel Beaty's Resurrection, the new play currently at Hartford Stage. Each of these sons of the 'hood is confronting the legacies of racism and poverty with...
by Chris Rohmann | Nov 6, 2008 | Stage
Oscar Wilde's short story The Canterville Ghost, written in 1887, is a parody that turns the tables on the classic ghost story. Sir Simon de Canterville, who died mysteriously in 1584, just loves scaring the bejesus out of people. But when the Otises, a thoroughly...
by Tom Sturm | Nov 13, 2008 | Stage
The Leading Ladies (pictured) boast the status "the only outlet for musical theater on the Smith College campus," and are still going strong as they stage their 14th production this fall. Since 2002, they've put on such classics as Lucky Stiff and A...
