Month: March 2024

In 2006, right after seeing John Kolvenbach’s Love Song in London, Marti Lyons immediately bought the script in the theater’s lobby.   Monday, after experiencing Remy Bumppo’s production of Mr. Kolvenbach’s beautifully expansive take on love at Theater Wit, we can understand why.  This time around though, as Love Song’s Artistic Director, Lyons used the opportunity …

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We’re probably not the only country where aging is seen as an ominous specter, something to be dreaded and even feared because of its proximity to consummate demise.  Such perceptions may not be naïve, but they certainly are narrow and overlook our capacity to experience life’s fullness and wonder throughout all of its stages.  Playwright …

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The act of living means that the present takes up most of our mental space.  Pursuing careers, raising families and keeping up with the day to day doesn’t leave a lot of opportunity to look back and give adequate measure to what was.  Black Ensemble Theater’s (BE) 2024 season opener, The Time Machine:  A Tribute …

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