The character of the funny nun has been around at least since Chaucer, and is here to stay as a staple of pop culture. You’ve seen her in “The Sound of Music,” “The Flying Nun,” numerous variations on “Nunsense”, etc., etc. My own upbringing was about as un-Roman Catholic as can be imagined, so I […]
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THEATER REVIEW: “Venus in Fur”
“Venus in Furs” is not pornography. We are told this several times by Thomas, the playwright appearing in the play “Venus in Fur” (note the singular), now playing on the Geva Theatre Nextstage. In Geva’s “Venus,” Thomas is the writer and director of a theatrical adaptation of the controversial 1870 novel “Venus in Furs” by […]
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THEATER: “44 Plays for 44 Presidents”
I am a bad American. This is true for many reasons, but for the purpose of this review we’ll focus on the fact that I am woefully ignorant about our country’s presidential history. I got a 90-something on my American history Regents exam, but I’ll be damned if I can remember any of our former […]
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The ghosts of past lies
When a drenched young woman, Brigid, steps out of the rain and into The Second Coming pub, her “chance” encounter with owner Niall O’Neill starts the pair on a long strange trip through a dark and stormy night. The torrent that is Key West, playing on Geva’s Nextstage, hits the audience with a barrage of […]
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Big man, small treatment
Geva Theatre continues its adventurous programming into the summer with a work of historical interest in the intimate Nextstage. Even before Indiana Repertory Theatre’s world premiere last fall of James Still’s Looking over the President’s Shoulder, Geva had arranged to give its original production this second presentation anywhere. It now has other productions planned nationwide. […]
