BWW Review: INTIMATE APPAREL Shows a Colorful View of Social Stratification
Both writing and staging of 'Intimate Apparel' illustrate the overlapping layers of class, race, religion, and gender in New York City, 1905.
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BWW Review: TALES OF WOO AND WOE, A Graceful, Intelligent interpretation of Shakespeare
Shakespeare's work is a good fit for DramaDogs, a theatre company whose performance style is characterized by precise, representative movement that unites the intellectual, emotional, and physical aspects of their productions.
BWW Review: THE NINA VARIATIONS is 'Theatre for Theatre People'
'The Nina Variations,' while certainly investigative of the various ways people can behave in a relationship, lacked connective tissue.
BWW Review: NIXON'S NIXON - A Humorous and Disturbing Abuse of Power
While Nixon's blustering is made somewhat ridiculous by his impending political impotence, this type of disquieting abuse of power reminds the audience how natural political corruption becomes when those in power are left unchecked.
BWW Reviews: Westmont's NIGHT AT THE OPERA
Westmont's one-act operas are an example of student theatre that takes risks and introduces conversations about the diverse range of possibilities within the sphere of the theatrical arts.
BWW Preview: NIXON'S NIXON Gives Shape and Nuance to American History
C-Span may be boring, but presenting the intricacies of the political engine via theatre has the perpetual potential for dramatic greatness.
BWW Preview: INTIMATE APPAREL Promises Exquisite Craftsmanship of Drama and Corsetry
'Intimate Apparel' promises an exciting evening of drama, intelligent social commentary, and the exquisite craftsmanship of fine garments.
BWW Preview: TALES OF WOO AND WOE Explores Passion in the Words of the Bard
'Tales of Woo and Woe' is an ambitious examination of love and desire, explored via the language of The Bard.
BWW Review: 154 & PARADISE Examines Guilt, Fault, and Consequence
Psychologically sophisticated with entertaining performances, 154 is a puzzle of blame, fault, and consequence.
BWW Review: UNFINISHED BUSINESS is a Reflection on Redemption, Love, and Acceptance
Unfinished Business is a production that aspires to engender love and catharsis by allowing eleventh-hour redemption and understanding between family members.
BWW Review: CAMELOT - The Impossibility of Utopia
Arthur can control men, but he can't control mankind-a natural tendency toward chaos, ambition, and avarice rules humanity beyond his influence.
BWW Preview: A Butterfly Flaps Its Wings over 154 & PARADISE
'154 & Paradise' is an illustration of the junctions in life where the inevitability of society's momentum and the indefinite direction of free will unite to create eddies of personal destiny.
BWW Review: THE PLIANT GIRLS Hits a Feministic Bulls-Eye
The lesson of The Pliant Girls is that that terrifying chaos affects everyone-and that the only way to make the world more manageable is to operate from a place of true compassion.
BWW Review: Christmas in January for Lit Moon's HUMBUG
John Blondell and Lit Moon are frequent perpetuators of the unique reorganization of classic stories; their stylized version of A Christmas Carol, called Humbug, is strident and modern without denying the latent, yet impending gentleness within Scrooge as he realizes his potential to change his life
Santa Barbara Theatre 2014 in Review; 2015 Preview
What happened this year in SB theatre? Here's 2014 in review, and a preview of what's next for 2015.
BWW Review: THE BEST BROTHERS Delivers Style, Comedy, and the Triumph of Catharsis
Ensemble's production of The Best Brothers is entertaining and thought provoking, and maintains a sense of playfulness even in its most moving moments.
BWW Preview: THE BEST BROTHERS Navigates The Absurdities of Life (and Their Accompanying Misfortunes)
'The Best Brothers' brings Kyle and Hamilton Best out of estrangement to handle their mother's affairs after she's crushed to death by a drunken drag queen.
BWW Review: UCSB Takes on Eno with MIDDLETOWN
Middletown has undeniable biting humor and an honest eye to the lovely mess we all make of our lives.
BWW Reviews: Under the Northern Lights of ALMOST, MAINE
Almost, Maine presents a simpler, kinder world in which sadness runs deep enough to make an impression, but in which the regret of romance lost or unrequited has the capacity to be mended by the gentle reassembly of a shattered heart.
BWW Reviews: Dos Pueblos Theatre Presents the Wild and Wondrous Circus of ALICE IN WONDERLAND
Sayre's version of Alice in Wonderland takes place in a circus, a setting not so far removed conceptually from Carroll's Wonderland: a place of familiar elements without typical context-not quite reality
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