BWW Reviews: A.D. Player's MALCOLM AND TERESA is Gripping and Absorbing
by David Clarke
- May 26, 2013
The A.D. Players is kicking off the summer with a vibrant and thrilling production of Cathal Gallagher's MALCOLM AND TERESA. The play is a fascinating biography of British journalist Malcolm Muggeridge, who is credited for popularizing Mother Teresa. In 1932, he visited Moscow as a correspondent for the Manchester Guardian. He was one of the few journalists that looked into the reports of famine in the Ukraine, and he traveled there without the permission of the Soviet authorities. He sent his reports back to England in the diplomatic bag, to avoid censorship; however, he found that the British people and the journalism world in general were not ready or willing to accept that the new Socialist nation was not the utopian worker's paradise that the USSR claimed it was. Later, in 1968, with a reputation for being a tough interviewer for the BBC, he interviews Mother Teresa. She opens his eyes to the squalor and suffering in Calcutta, a city he had lived in the 1920s. After his initial interview with her, he re-examines his personal faith while championing Mother Teresa's charitable ministries.
A. D. Players Announce Special Playwright Events
by Kelsey Denette
- Apr 22, 2013
A. D. Players will host a weekend of special playwright events to compliment their presentation of Malcolm & Teresa, Cathal Gallagher's historical drama about BBC reporter Malcolm Muggeridge and his interviews with a then unknown Mother Teresa.
BWW Reviews: THE FIRST CHURCH OF TEXACO - An Entertaining, Comedic Parable
by David Clarke
- Feb 17, 2013
Direction by Jennifer Dean keeps this Texas style 'Beauty and the Beast' parable clipping brightly along during the first act, which is pleasantly bubbly and tender. In the second act, the writing and direction together slow the pace of the sprightly comedy. The writing, especially, becomes filled with redundant moments and removes every ounce of subtly from the themes and messages beautifully constructed and pristinely directed in the first act. While, as a whole, THE FIRST CHURCH OF TEXACO is pleasant, I couldn't help but feel that the second act could be pared down some to keep the momentum rocking forward.
BWW Reviews: SHERLOCK HOLMES: THE FINAL ADVENTURE is a Fun Tangled Web of Danger and Intrigue
by David Clarke
- Sep 10, 2012
To kick off their 2012-2013 season, A.D. Players is presenting Steven Dietz's Edgar award winning play SHERLOCK HOLMES: THE FINAL ADVENTURE. The play itself is an adaptation of American actor William Gillette's 1899 play, which borrows Irene Adler from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's "A Scandal in Bohemia" and Professor James Moriarty from "The Adventure of the Final Problem." Irene Adler is an opera singer and a superficial villainess in her own right, tempting Sherlock Holmes' typically nonexistent romantic feelings. Professor James Moriarty is the malevolent architect of most of England's iniquitous scum, which earns him Sherlock's admiration for being a completely reserved and ultimately clever man.
Photo Flash: First Look at AD Players' CHARLEY'S AUNT
by BWW News Desk
- Jul 5, 2012
A. D. Players theater closes their 2011/2012 season with the British comedy Charley's Aunt by BranDon Thomas on their MainStage now playing through August 26, 2012. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the production photos below.
A.D. Players Presents CHARLEY'S AUNT Now thru 8/26
by BWW News Desk
- Jul 4, 2012
A. D. Players theater will close their 2011/2012 season with the British comedy Charley's Aunt by Brandon Thomas on their MainStage tonight, July 4th through August 26, 2012.
A.D. Players Presents CHARLEY'S AUNT, 7/4
by BWW News Desk
- Jun 25, 2012
A. D. Players theater will close their 2011/2012 season with the British comedy Charley's Aunt by Brandon Thomas on their MainStage July 4th through August 26, 2012.
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