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Notes from Arden
Victory Theatre Center’s “Terminal Event”
Among the many denigrations of our era is the national disregard for evidence, where empirical proof is replaced by superstition. When a large mass of the public systematically ignores empirical evidence, and rebels against it, this presents a huge impediment to the task of moving a country forward.
Featured Column
FRINGE RAW: “Narcissus & Echo”, “Turbulence!”, and “A Steady Rain”
Ashley Steed weighs in on some of her top picks for The Hollywood Fringe Festival 2017.
Got It Covered
“At the March 14th Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards celebration, it was ‘Hit the Wall’ that came away the biggest winner, with a veritable slew of honors, including awards for outstanding ensemble, direction (Ken Sawyer), lighting (Matt Richter), supporting performer (Charlotte Gulezian), and lead performer (Matthew Hancock).” — by PAUL BIRCHALL
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Around Town
“For so steeped has our culture become in Beckett’s brand of nihilist vaudeville, that his once forbidding obscurity has flowered into ironic delight as we embrace the ironies of forlorn despair with enthused empathy.” — by MYRON MEISEL
The Summer of our (Dis)Content
Our Town
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
JOHN STEPPLING’s essay on the causes of our theater’s irrelevance, and what to do about it: “New York’s Mayor Lindsay gave money to theater artists during the “Fun City” years, and off-off Broadway was one of the results. Maria Irene Fornes, Sam Shepard, Murray Mednick, Ronnie Tavel, Cafe Cino, LaMama, etc. etc. etc. This marked the last collective radical experimental theater movement of any sort in the U.S.”