tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-1407847 2013-05-08T11:59:53-06:00 Murray's Blog. TypePad 38.916226-104.766021typepad/theatreworks/murrayrosshttp://feedburner.google.com tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54ed725f4883301901bf07a57970b 2013-05-08T11:59:53-06:00 2013-05-08T11:59:53-06:00

The Wild Duck is the most complex and thought-provoking play of our season, and it has raised more than a few questions from our audience members. Many of these cannot and perhaps should not be answered with complete certainty, but...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/typepad/theatreworks/murrayross/~4/KR2Ewr-O-L8" height="1" width="1"/>

Drew Martorella http://theatreworks.typepad.com/murrayross/2013/05/duck-primer.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54ed725f48833017d42afdc6f970c 2013-04-10T13:27:21-06:00 2013-04-10T13:27:21-06:00

We all know who is #1--in theatre, in literature and almost everywhere else. William Shakespeare is way out in front, has been for some time, and will be for the foreseeable future. No one else is close. But the fellow...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/typepad/theatreworks/murrayross/~4/iwWua9XMn6M" height="1" width="1"/>

Drew Martorella http://theatreworks.typepad.com/murrayross/2013/04/ibsen-is-2.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54ed725f48833017c38200b35970b 2013-03-26T13:42:38-06:00 2013-03-28T13:44:54-06:00

We all know time is ticking faster these days, and we are impatient when it doesn't. I'm one of those 21st century idiots who has been saved by my iPhone, which is with me every moment. My magic phone has...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/typepad/theatreworks/murrayross/~4/Mz3SOMAWKU4" height="1" width="1"/>

Drew Martorella http://theatreworks.typepad.com/murrayross/2013/03/taking-time.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54ed725f48833017ee94f0f58970d 2013-03-14T10:16:09-06:00 2013-03-14T10:16:09-06:00

Andrew Jackson is in town for a a few weeks, and I can tell you in person he doesn't look much like the president on your $20 bill. He looks more like this guy---younger, tougher, more crazed and charismatic. Actually,...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/typepad/theatreworks/murrayross/~4/J6Tu9SIVxQA" height="1" width="1"/>

Drew Martorella http://theatreworks.typepad.com/murrayross/2013/03/hes-so-that-guy.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54ed725f48833017d4164159b970c 2013-03-01T13:25:37-07:00 2013-03-01T13:25:37-07:00

We had a jolly gang on the Everyman bus last night at 8:00, and when it was all over and done with I thought maybe it was a little too jolly-- the bus felt like a Broncos shuttle. We do...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/typepad/theatreworks/murrayross/~4/gu9rq8vCllk" height="1" width="1"/>

Drew Martorella http://theatreworks.typepad.com/murrayross/2013/03/the-sounds-of-silence.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54ed725f48833017d4124db4e970c 2013-02-18T14:17:55-07:00 2013-02-18T14:17:55-07:00

Medieval theatre was not quite theatre as we know it. It was created at time when theatre was emerging from the womb of the church, and it remains deeply bound to its mother. But it occupies a space of its...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/typepad/theatreworks/murrayross/~4/3eT66L1GSf4" height="1" width="1"/>

Drew Martorella http://theatreworks.typepad.com/murrayross/2013/02/night-ride.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54ed725f48833017d40899914970c 2013-01-28T15:40:17-07:00 2013-01-28T15:42:22-07:00

Many years ago I got a very mixed review for the first original work of theatre I wrote for the stage, a play about the notorious Scopes Monkey trial in Dayton, Tennessee. The reviewer said my play didn't give my...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/typepad/theatreworks/murrayross/~4/nyaKrE4j0Vk" height="1" width="1"/>

Drew Martorella http://theatreworks.typepad.com/murrayross/2013/01/seeing-red.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54ed725f48833017ee6998025970d 2012-12-24T13:18:56-07:00 2012-12-24T13:22:28-07:00

THEATREWORKS is actually closed for one full week! This never happens! We hope to use the time as we hope you use yours--eating, drinking, singing, dancing, eating Essie's candy, playing games and giving thanks. It's true this season feels less...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/typepad/theatreworks/murrayross/~4/2itYx6anUlA" height="1" width="1"/>

Drew Martorella http://theatreworks.typepad.com/murrayross/2012/12/happy-holidays.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54ed725f48833017ee62f57f6970d 2012-12-12T10:57:54-07:00 2012-12-12T10:57:54-07:00

Bound for a full sixty minutes! As a final project, students of my Greek tragedy class have been assigned to rehearse and produce a slightly abbreviated version of Aeschylus’ PROMETHEUS BOUND. They have had a total of 5 hours on...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/typepad/theatreworks/murrayross/~4/yJnpj8R2Ywg" height="1" width="1"/>

Drew Martorella http://theatreworks.typepad.com/murrayross/2012/12/instant-prometheus.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54ed725f48833017d3e91311b970c 2012-12-07T12:01:41-07:00 2012-12-07T12:01:41-07:00

Nearly everyone has heard of the great American playwrights: Eugene O’Neill, Tennessee Williams and Arthur Miller. Not so many people know George S. Kaufman, which is surprising considering how he dominated American theater during the middle of the last century....<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/typepad/theatreworks/murrayross/~4/Z1j8gQ14iKo" height="1" width="1"/>

Drew Martorella http://theatreworks.typepad.com/murrayross/2012/12/the-master-of-broadway.html