Nino, an Italian film maker with a strong resemblance to Federico Fellini, is in an artistic crisis. Every new work is, for him, an artistic crisis. So he goes to bed with a multitude of women, seeking ideas and stimulation, feeding on them both humanly and artistically. Nino is sexually impotent until he gets a good idea, and then he's hellfire. But his sexual partners, all artists in their own right, are not satisfied. Rallied by a wealthy feminist American widow, they decide that to be a muse is to be exploited. So they exact revenge by making a movie of Nino's life and fantasies, Candid Camera-Style. Thus unfolds 'Six Passionate Women' by Mario Fratti, a play inspired by the playwright's personal acquaintance with Fellini, whom he covered closely as a journalist in the late 1950s. It combines a serious disquisition on the creative mind with recurring themes of Fratti's plays betrayal,...
- 10/9/2014
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Nino, an Italian film maker with a strong resemblance to Federico Fellini, is in an artistic crisis. Every new work is, for him, an artistic crisis. So he goes to bed with a multitude of women, seeking ideas and stimulation, feeding on them both humanly and artistically. Nino is sexually impotent until he gets a good idea, and then he's hellfire. But his sexual partners, all artists in their own right, are not satisfied. Rallied by a wealthy feminist American widow, they decide that to be a muse is to be exploited. So they exact revenge by making a movie of Nino's life and fantasies, Candid Camera-Style. Thus unfolds 'Six Passionate Women' by Mario Fratti, a play inspired by the playwright's personal acquaintance with Fellini, whom he covered closely as a journalist in the late 1950s. It combines a serious disquisition on the creative mind with recurring themes of Fratti's plays betrayal,...
- 9/11/2014
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Chemistry of Love La Mama Through May 19, 2013
With New York theater currently awash with revivals, often with movie-star cast members and big, big budgets, it can appear that new original, innovative, and inspirational non-musical works will not be taking center stage in the theater district anytime soon. So we give thanks to Off-Off Broadway's La Mama, and playwright Jill Campbell's spectacular Chemistry of Love, for waking me up to the fact that new and engaging permutations of stagecraft are still a possibility.
While Chemistry of Love certainly has a coherent plot, a simple synopsis of this resoundingly compelling play by Ms. Campbell could not do it justice. Like the creative works and lives of the conceptual multimedia artists (which this play explores), there is a complex multi-leveled richness to the play's action.
The story of this four-character play centers on conceptual artist Lara (Kim Merrill), who has been short-listed for a $500,000 grant,...
With New York theater currently awash with revivals, often with movie-star cast members and big, big budgets, it can appear that new original, innovative, and inspirational non-musical works will not be taking center stage in the theater district anytime soon. So we give thanks to Off-Off Broadway's La Mama, and playwright Jill Campbell's spectacular Chemistry of Love, for waking me up to the fact that new and engaging permutations of stagecraft are still a possibility.
While Chemistry of Love certainly has a coherent plot, a simple synopsis of this resoundingly compelling play by Ms. Campbell could not do it justice. Like the creative works and lives of the conceptual multimedia artists (which this play explores), there is a complex multi-leveled richness to the play's action.
The story of this four-character play centers on conceptual artist Lara (Kim Merrill), who has been short-listed for a $500,000 grant,...
- 5/11/2013
- by Jay Reisberg
- www.culturecatch.com
The York Theatre Company continues the Winter 2013 Musicals in Mufti Series with Hollywood Pinafore, with book amp lyrics by George S. Kaufman and music by Sir Arthur Sullivan. Hollywood Pinafore was originally produced in 1945. Directed by Mark Kaufmann and with music direction by Beth Falcone, the cast will feature Susan Blommaert, Claybourne Elder, Jennifer Evans, Sara Jean Ford, Tom Galantich, Julie Kotarides, Dennis Parlato, Andrew Ragone, Kilty Reidy, Danny Rutigliano and Mary Stout.
- 3/1/2013
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
The York Theatre Company James Morgan, Producing Artistic Director Andrew Levine, Executive Producer continues the Winter 2013 Musicals in Mufti Series with Hollywood Pinafore, with book amp lyrics by George S. Kaufman and music by Sir Arthur Sullivan. Hollywood Pinafore was originally produced in 1945. Directed by Mark Kaufmann and with music direction by Beth Falcone, the cast will feature Susan Blommaert, Claybourne Elder, Jennifer Evans, Sara Jean Ford, Tom Galantich, Julie Kotarides, Dennis Parlato, Andrew Ragone, Kilty Reidy, Danny Rutigliano and Mary Stout.
- 2/25/2013
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Denise Burse Peace Love and Understanding, Brother to Brother, House of Payne, Harriett D. Foy Mamma Mia, The American Plan, Once On This Island, Lynda Gravatt Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, Doubt, Nikiya Mathis Milk Like Sugar, Dennis Parlato Salome, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Chess, Saycon Sengbloh Fela, Hair, and Tracie Thoms Rent, Stick Fly join Vassar amp New York Stage and Films 28th Powerhouse Theater season in the workshop of award-winning playwright Marcus Gardleys The House That Will Not Stand, directed by Marion McClinton July 20-22. Check out photos of the cast in rehearsal below...
- 7/18/2012
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
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