Great theater challenges the audience by confronting viewers’ biases and prompting them to consider alternative perspectives. Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett at the Guthrie Theater, now through October 11, is one such play. When I saw it first during college, I had such a visceral response to its Absurdist form of drama and lack…
Theatre in the Round Players has opened its 75th season with a production of The Great Gatsby, directed by Vanessa Brooke Agnes and based on F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel. Featuring a strong ensemble cast and live music, the adaptation captures the Jazz Age’s complexities through Nick Carraway’s eyes, highlighting themes of wealth and social disparity.
Lyric Arts’ production of Merrily We Roll Along is a beautiful, grounded take on one of Stephen Sondheim’s most structurally experimental works.
