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IRIS FANGER

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Rule, Britannicus?

American Repertory Theatre does rare racine
The ruler of the mightiest nation in the world has begun to appreciate his power.
By IRIS FANGER  |  January 09, 2007

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Rethinking Chekhov

The Huntington steps into The Cherry Orchard
Conventional wisdom and introductory drama classes describe Anton Chekhov’s final masterpiece, The Cherry Orchard , as a prescient statement about his country’s future, written in 1903 as the playwright was dying.
By IRIS FANGER  |  December 28, 2006

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Writing Rauschenberg

Charles Mee and Anne Bogart mix up art and Americana
Painter, sculptor, photographer, and performance artist Robert Rauschenberg changed the look of 20th-century visual art by combining disparate objects into cohesive works that commented on contemporary society.
By IRIS FANGER  |  September 05, 2006

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Art of darkness

on an average day is well above
If the New Testament were rewritten for modern times in language that included four-letter words and psychotic outbursts against the inscrutable will of God, the Good Book might read something like John Kolvenbach’s on an average day .
By IRIS FANGER  |  August 22, 2006

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Belle gone bad

The Opposite of Sex at Williamstown
Although there’s been a recent stampede of material from screen to stage, the 1998 screwball comedy/mixed-mating film The Opposite of Sex hardly seems the stuff of Broadway musicals.
By IRIS FANGER  |  August 17, 2006

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Ladies’ night

Rebekah Maggor presents Shakespeare’s actresses
One of the ironies of Shakespeare’s achievement is that his women — female characters vibrating with psychological truth — were created by a man to be performed by men.
By IRIS FANGER  |  August 08, 2006

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Simple gifts

Guys and Dolls on the Cape
If there’s a God in show-biz Heaven, she’s no doubt relieved that the folks at Cape Playhouse in Dennis had enough theatrical smarts to mount Guys and Dolls without messing around.
By IRIS FANGER  |  July 25, 2006

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Breslin turns bard

The columnist’s play goes up on the Cape
Jimmy Breslin, Pulitzer-winning columnist and author, has turned playwright.
By IRIS FANGER  |  July 05, 2006

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Staging Strider

The Lord of the Rings in Toronto
Frodo sings! And for that matter, so do Aragorn, Arwen Evenstar, the pitiful Gollem, and some 55 inhabitants of Middle-earth in the world premiere of the musical The Lord of the Rings .
By IRIS FANGER  |  June 30, 2006

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Angels sing

Tony Kushner’s Pulitzer winner becomes an opera
One of the most memorable moments in Angels in America is the entrance of the Angel, who comes crashing down through Prior Walter’s ceiling.
By IRIS FANGER  |  June 07, 2006

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Alter ego

Jenny Chow is in good hands at WHAT
Jennifer Marcus is afraid, very afraid.
By IRIS FANGER  |  May 31, 2006

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Club Marivaux

ART docks at Island of Slaves  
When Pierre Marivaux’s play Island of Slaves was presented at Versailles in 1725, Louis XV and his retinue were not amused, and it’s no wonder.
By IRIS FANGER  |  May 10, 2006

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No sex please, we’re bookish

Nicholas Martin tackles Love’s Labour’s Lost
A not so funny thing happened on the way to the Huntington Theatre Company’s planned run of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum : the lead actor accepted a part in a Broadway show.
By IRIS FANGER  |  May 03, 2006

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Maid in America

Caroline, or Change  comes to Boston
Caroline, the African-American maid of Caroline, or Change , spends most of her days doing laundry in a basement in Louisiana, circa 1963.
By IRIS FANGER  |  April 24, 2006

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Ballet birds

Matthew Bourne’s swans fly in  
It’s been a decade since Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake burst into the public consciousness, transforming the familiar image of the ballet swan, with her crown of feathers and undulating arms, into a feral, malevolent male bird surrounded by his fearsome flock.
By IRIS FANGER  |  April 13, 2006

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Music man

The ART leads Orpheus into the future  
The story of Orpheus, master musician and bereft husband, is one of the most enduring of the Greek myths.
By IRIS FANGER  |  March 23, 2006

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Belly up

Eve Ensler displays her Good Body  
Given the strides that women have made as political leaders across the globe, who would think that other members of the sex would be hiring plastic surgeons to whittle their feet to fit Manolo Blahniks?
By IRIS FANGER  |  March 15, 2006

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Instant Romeo

Mickey Solis’s big Shakespeare adventure
You’ve heard of star-crossed lovers, but how about star-crossed productions?
By IRIS FANGER  |  January 25, 2006

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Balancing act

The ART tips for No Exit
In Jean-Paul Sartre's play, Will LeBow and Karen MacDonald feel the earth move under their feet.
By Iris Fanger  |  January 03, 2006
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