by Chris Rohmann | Oct 30, 2012 | Stage
Kristen van Ginhoven, co-founder of WAM Theatre and director of The Old Mezzo, told me recently, “It’s a big risk, a new play and all. But may as well risk big if one is going to risk!” Indeed, WAM itself is a pretty daring venture. Taking its...
by Chris Rohmann | Nov 5, 2012 | Stage
You’ll have to hurry if you’re going to catch either or (I recommend) both of the plays now running in downtown Hartford. One was a sensation on Broadway last season and the other, a brand-new musical, is certainly headed there. Venus in Fur, at...
by Chris Rohmann | Nov 5, 2012 | Stage
This year, the UMass Department of Theater celebrates its 40th anniversary. The season is dedicated to one of the department’s founding faculty, Doris Abramson, who taught there from 1973 until her retirement in 1987 (she died in 2008). In her honor, this is a...
by Chris Rohmann | Nov 12, 2012 | Stage
One of the world’s most famous images is Leonardo da Vinci’s “Vitruvian Man,” the drawing of a naked figure, arms and legs extended, fitting perfectly into a square superimposed on a circle. It’s considered the model of ideal human...
by Chris Rohmann | Nov 12, 2012 | Stage
It’s not only about the performances, says Linda McInerney, producer of this weekend’s Double Take Fringe Festival in Greenfield. It’s about spinning and knotting threads of community, about arts-based economic revitalization, about reclaiming public...
