Sometimes—There Are Puppets—So Quickly
‘The Felt Menagerie’ at the Tennessee Williams Theatre Company of New Orleans puts a comic spin on the playwright’s tragic characters.
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‘The Felt Menagerie’ at the Tennessee Williams Theatre Company of New Orleans puts a comic spin on the playwright’s tragic characters.
From the deadliest theatre fire in U.S. history to a young Tennessee Williams’s fateful move to New Orleans, December was a momentous month.
From the first theatre lit by electricity to the debut of ‘Streetcar,’ ‘Show Boat,’ and ‘The Great White Hope,’ December was a bountiful month in U.S. theatre history.
A lesson for Albee’s estate from Tennessee Willams’s: Classics can survive reinvention. And while we’re reviving, how about more diversity, not less?
After years without the anchor of a home base, the leader of New Orleans’s preeminent theatre is steering the company to a snug new harbor.
From Provincetown to New Orleans, Williams fests cover a wide range of the playwright’s works and influences.
World-premiere laffers by Ken Ludwig and Sharyn Rothstein are on the Jersey theatre’s schedule, along with a staging of Tennessee Williams’s film ‘Baby Doll.’
Triad Stage’s nine productions highlight music, comedy, drama and mystery.
A political satire by George Brant and a drama by Andrew Case about police brutality highlight a season that also includes Williams, Shakespeare and McDonagh.
Tina Packer tracks the Bard’s growth via his female characters, and James Grissom tracks down divas who alternately inspired and frustrated Williams.