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Review: The Curious Savage by John Patrick (Feb. 25) |
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Written by Barry Gaines
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Monday, 25 February 2008 |
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Writing in “The Albuquerque Tribune,” which we will all miss, Ollie Reed Jr. said John Patrick’s “The Curious Savage” “sounds like a hybrid of ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest’ and ‘Harvey.’” He was on target. “The Curious Savage” is playing at Auxiliary Dog Theatre under the direction of Eli Browning.
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Review: The Tempest by William Shakespeare (Feb. 23) |
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Written by Barry Gaines
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Saturday, 23 February 2008 |
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The touring troupe “The Acting Company” gave a single performance of Shakespeare’s “The Tempest” as part of the Popejoy Presents series. I found the production uneven: innovative in some areas but inaccessible in others.
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Review: Life During Wartime by Keith Reddin (Feb. 23) |
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Written by Barry Gaines
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Saturday, 23 February 2008 |
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UNM’s Department of Theatre and Dance begins its spring season with “Life During Wartime” by Keith Reddin at the Experimental Theatre. While the play goes in many directions, the student talent on display is encouraging.
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Raised in Captivity by Nicky Silver (Feb. 18) |
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Written by Barry Gaines
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Monday, 18 February 2008 |
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Albuquerque’s theaters are currently presenting a group of plays dealing with fractured families, sibling rivalry, parental estrangement, and personal atonement. The contribution at the Vortex, “Raised in Captivity” by Nicky Silver, approaches these topics with absurdist humor that nevertheless seems just right for the serious subject matter.
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Review: Eleemosynary by Lee Blessing (Feb. 16) |
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Written by Barry Gaines
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Saturday, 16 February 2008 |
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The newly refurbished Adobe Theater is presenting “Eleemosynary” by Lee Blessing, a pleasant play about three generations of unusual women that is as comfortable and supportive as the new seats that fill the theater.
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About Reviewers D.S. Crafts (Website) Composer Daniel Steven Crafts came to New Mexico from San Francisco where he had hosted a classical music radio program on KPFA. His first commission from opera star Jerry Hadley, "The Song & the Slogan" based on texts by Carl Sandburg, was made into a TV program for the PBS network and aired nationally in 2004 and won an Emmy for Best Music. His latest opera La Llorona is a collaboration with novelist Rudolfo Anaya based on his play "The Season of La Llorona." Mr. Crafts is currently working on another commission from Jerry Hadley for a piece about the American Southwest which includes texts by Rudolfo Anaya and V.B. Price. Two CDs of his music, Contemporaries (short, satirical keyboard works) and ARIAS (excerpts from his various operas) have been released on the BACAT label in San Francisco.
David Steinberg David Steinberg has covered state government, the courts, city and county government in Santa Fe for the Albuquerque Journal. He's been an arts writer for the past 20 years, and serves as the book editor, for the Journal. Over the years, he's also acted in plays, sung in choruses and played trumpet.
Jennifer Noyer Jennifer Noyer has been writing dance reviews for the Albuquerque Journal for 17 years, as well as contributing articles for Dance Magazine and other art journals. She trained in dance with Hanya Holm in New York City and Colorado Springs, and studied several dance techniques at the graduate level at the University of Michigan. After teaching dance at Wayne State University she entered and completed a Masters Degree in Humanities there. In New Mexico Ms. Noyer has taught, directed, and choreographed contemporary dance for several years. Her writing on dance includes a monograph accompanying the video of choreographer Bill Evens’ ballet “The Legacy.” An overview of Evans’s world wide career, it was written and published during his tenure at the University of New Mexico. Ms. Noyer’s studies in the humanities, and her studio dance work influence her approach to dance as an integrative art form in the United States.
Barry Gaines Barry Gaines has taught Shakespeare in the University of New Mexico English Department for over twenty-five years and has received two outstanding teaching awards. He has written theater reviews for the Journal since 2000. He has attended theater all over the world including Shakespeare productions in Russia, South Africa, Denmark, and Poland. He has also served as literary advisor for two professional theater companies and written performance reviews for Shakespeare Quarterly. Gaines has taken two years of acting with Paul Ford and appeared in small parts in three plays at the Albuquerque Little Theater. He believes that he is probably a better reviewer than actor.
Joanne Sheehy Hoover Joanne Sheehy Hoover, music critic emeritus of the Albuquerque Journal, has written for NPR, PBS, the Lyric Opera of Chicago, the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Symphony, among others. She has also been a music lecturer for the Smithsonian Associates and a music critic and arts writer for The Washington Post. She was director of the Levine School of Music, one of the country’s largest community music schools, in Washington, D. C. 1980-1993. She and her husband moved to Corrales, New Mexico in July 1993. Also a poet, her fifth collection, “Einstein in New Mexico,” was published in 2002.
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