Review: THE TURN OF THE SCREW AT SPOLETO FESTIVAL USA at Dock Street Theatre
by Perry Tannenbaum - Jun 4, 2025
Spoleto Festival USA's bipolar weekend of WHITE BOX and POLAR BEAR & PENGUIN was an admirable pairing for young and old -but not as grippingly theatrical as the world premiere staging of Benjamin Britten's opera, THE TURN OF THE SCREW, retelling the ghostly Henry James novella under the direction of Rodula Gaitanou
Review: THE TURN OF THE SCREW at Union Avenue Opera
by Benjamin Torbert - Jul 10, 2023
“The Turn of the Screw,” a deft psychological exploration of the dimensions of horror and the human mind. UAO’s successful staging of the work appropriately raised more questions than it answered, about danger, fear, the limits of human perception, and a host of other commonplaces in horror.