MM Theater Blog

Studio Theatre's production of Athol Fugard's My Children! My Africa! starts out at full volume, and continually builds in intensity. It has been extended several weeks due to its popularity. Yet I am of the minority of those who I did not like this play.

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When asked why I prefer theater over movies, my usual response is that there is magic in a theatrical experience which just cannot be achieved in a film. Disney's The Lion King directed by the very talented Julie Taymor is just such a magical experience! Yes, the film was wonderful. But the theatrical experience is beyond description.

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Well, well, well. Probably the best way to describe Lisa Kron's Well is as a theatrical experience, unlike any other. It begins as an autobiographical work -- vignettes from Lisa's life, punctuated by Lisa's monologues which border on stand-up comedy. Then chaos ensues and things slowly deteriorate as Lisa's mother keeps butting in with her own commentary, a character who wasn't written into the play keeps popping up out of nowhere and derailing the action, and the actors themselves take matters into their own hands.

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Ernest J. Gaines' 1993 novel, A Lesson Before Dying, is being dubbed a "modern classic". Though this may sound like a contradiction in terms, Romulus Linney's adaptation certainly does address some very classic themes in a contemporary manner, which makes for a compelling evening of theater.

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