The words of Eudora Welty, the music of Beethoven June Recital, Mr. Kaplan’s tribute to Mississippi author Eudora Welty was written with and has been performed by Brenda Currin since 1979. Critically acclaimed performances throughout the United States…
A compact disc recording of Alison Fraser’s sizzling performance. In a play written by Tennessee Williams, music is the sound of paradise drifting in from around the corner, across the alley, from the room next…
In Mongolia audiences laughed as the maids tried to poison their mistress. The descendants of Genghis Khan understand the glamour of infamy.
In the photograph above the maids wait for their over-friendly mistress to drink a poisoned cup of tea. “It’s such a pleasure making people happy,” Madame croons. The cruel humor of the play appealed to Mongolians, who understood the quest for proud infamy. Women played all three roles.
The hallucinatory cult classic by Jane Bowles. “a roller coaster of a ride, and just as thrilling.” Robert Israel, Edge Magazine 2013 photos above by Josh Andrus. 2014 photos below by Ride Hamilton. To see more…
Eugene O’Neill’s story re-located to a family of Russian emigres in Brooklyn. Written in 1932, set in 1906 by O’Neill, set in its Russian production in Brooklyn’s Brighton Beach. The play was performed in Russian and…
Eudora Welty’s story “Music from Spain” set to music inspired by Andres Segovia. Performed by actress Brenda Currin and pianist Philip Fortenberry, A Fire Was in My Head invites short haunting compositions by Mompou and Bach, and…
Two short plays by Tennessee Williams pair autobiography & science-fiction. Tennessee Suite begins with The Traveling Companion, a late self-portrait by Tennessee Williams in which a famous author (Vieux) checks into a Manhattan hotel room with only…
Tennessee Williams’ first version of The Rose Tattoo Tennessee Williams worked up his full-length plays by writing short versions first. His ease and excellence at devising one-acts was such he wrote over seventy of them — and…
An outdoor production in the Paysandú marketplace, in 2012. Above: Pavlo Coll as Kilroy Raul Rodriguez and his Taller de Teatro de Paysandú, Uruguay are quite special: a small company with a circle of students,…
Tennessee Williams’ Alma, in love since childhood with the boy next door. In an interview given in 1972, Williams said “I think the character I like most is Miss Alma … You see, Alma went through…