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THEATER REVIEW: The 'Spelling Bee' is nearly letter-perfect |
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Written by MARION HUNTER
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Saturday, 25 May 2013 08:35 |
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Ghent Playhouse/ “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee”
WHO CAN RESIST a bunch of smart kids, exposing their drives, damages, sophistication and innocence via some good show music and snappy second-millennium dialogue?
The success of it depends on straightforward delivery of the material and rigorous avoidance of anything “cutesy.” This Ghent Playhouse cast does it, mostly, with charming gusto.
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THEATER REVIEW: Two plays don't add up to much entertainment |
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Written by MARION HUNTER
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Wednesday, 01 May 2013 08:58 |
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“Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All For You” and “The Actor’s Nightmare”/Hudson, Valatie, Catskill and Pittsfield
THIS EVENING OF TWO Christopher Durang one-acts has its best moment in the second of the plays when actor Lael Locke stands elegantly front and center in a brilliant red gown. The rest is pretty much down from there.
I saw the plays in the Hudson High School auditorium; but they are moved for the weekend of April 28 to the Valatie Community Theater. After that you will find them in Catskill (Brik Gallery) and in Pittsfield (Lichtenstein Gallery). See www.TheTwoOfUsProductions.org for details.
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THEATER REVIEW: Ghent actors add spice to loquacious 'Lettice & Lovage' script |
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Written by MARION HUNTER
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Friday, 22 March 2013 12:38 |
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'Lettice & Lovage'/ Ghent Playhouse
“LETTICE & LOVAGE.” No, it’s not about green salad stuff and its sexy uses. It’s “Lettice” with an “i” (substitute for Letitia) plus an herb that she adds to her customary brew. The brew is served in sequined goblets, and quaffing it unleashes the delicious, witty, silly stuff of this play.
Even if the title is unfamiliar, you probably know of Peter Shaffer as the author of “Amadeus” and “Equus.” “L & L” is something else entirely.
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THEATER REVIEW: 'Almost, Maine' thaws chill with laughter |
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Written by MARION HUNTER
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Monday, 28 January 2013 11:29 |
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Almost, Maine/ Ghent Playhouse
JOHN CARIANI’S AMOST, MAINE is two cups Saturday Night Live, a teaspoon of Wizard of Oz, plus a pinch of Charles Ludlum. It is fetchingly directed by Ghent’s artistic director, Cathy Lee-Visscher.
At the Playhouse last Friday, a cast-friendly opening night audience had a roaring good time with these short, mostly two-person sketches. They all concern some unlikely twenty/thirty-something romances.
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THEATER REVIEW: 'The Countess' stays true to nature of Victorian conflicts |
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Written by MARION HUNTER
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Monday, 22 October 2012 10:24 |
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The Countess/ Ghent Playhouse
IT’S A GREAT STORY and a good play. The Countess, by Gregory Murphy reworks a Victorian scandal concerning the marriage of art critic John Ruskin, his Scottish wife, Euphemia (“the countess”), and their friend, Pre-Raphaelite painter John Everett Millais.
Gregory Murphy seems to have applied Pre-Raphaelite philosophy to playwriting: Stay true to nature. Do not embellish, or impose anything false or self-aggrandizing upon the subject. Of course, there is much art in doing that well, and Murphy does it.
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