Dear Theatre Friends,
This month, we need diverting plays more than ever!
I’ve been traveling to do just that, making writing this is a bit more challenging— both for me to compose and for you read. Please look up anything which appeals since I can’t figure out how to create links on my IPad!
After an Award-winning success in Edinburgh and a sold out run in London, you can see
”Strategic Love Play” at Minetta Lane. It’s produced by Audible Theatre and Chase This Productions. Exploring the travails of modern dating, it received excellent reviews in both U.K. prior runs.
Only until November 17th, go to the Irish Arts Center for “Hothouse” by Malaprop, a much talked about young theatre company. It won Best Production at the 2023 Dublin Fringe and received glowing reviews— five stars in The Irish Times. It is a poignant tale of an Arctic cruise where passengers are bidding farewell to the ice caps— sounds diverting, indeed!
Primary Stages is presenting “The Light and The Dark (The Life and Times of Artemesia Gentileschi)” at 59 e59 theatre. It’s Kate Hamill’s telling of a great Renaissance painter’s struggle, a fascinating tale.
Another tale about an historical female artist is “Okuni: The Woman Who Created Kabuki”— a subject I know little about. It’s an unusual production— including dance, live music. It’s performed in Japanese with English subtitles and narration.
I hope to get to “Walden” by Amy Berryman, being presented by Second Stage. When it appeared in London it was described as an “intelligent, soulful drama” by the Guardian — albeit in a different production, with another cast. A sci-fi play about estranged scientist sisters.
Although it’s impossible to beat the current political drama— we all need a break! See you in the theatre.
Sincerely,
Carol
Enjoy these, if you have time. I’ll be back with more suggestions next month.
Until then– hope to see you at the theatre!
Carol Tambor publishes a monthly newsletter, which announces worthy shows coming to New York, along with occasional information about London theatre and, of course, the Edinburgh Fringe.