Broadway these days seems to be turning everything into musicals. If you head to The Great White Way now, you’ll see billboards advertising renditions of SPIDERMAN, SISTER ACT, and the tearjerker, GHOST. LITTLE WOMEN and…
Any time that Shakespeare is tackled by community theatre, it can be hit or miss. In his tragedies, lines need to be delivered with an incredible amount of emotion. If even one actor stumbles over…
MACBETH, that great Shakespearean play he never wanted published, that he wrote specifically to please King James’ interest in witchcraft, has become one the Bard’s most beloved works, and I have to say certainly one…
The Dramateurs, Inc. at The Barn Playhouse open with MACBETH, October 7th: “Shakespeare’s brooding tragedy of ambition, temptation, and treachery digs directly into the dark recesses of man’s inner conflict. The mysterious visions of three…
Having had the pleasure of seeing a few productions of the Dramateurs at The Barn, I know one thing…they know how to cast. Having one or two cast members in principal (or even non-principal roles,…
Dramateurs at the Barn in Jeffersonville opened last Friday with a seldom-seen Thornton Wilder comedy, THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH. This unusual comedy follows the Antrobus family through 3 eras in “history,” the Ice Age…
Who could have predicted that Jonathan Larson’s RENT would have turned into the worldwide sensation it has turned into? RENT is not only Larson’s baby, having written the book and the score, but it is…
Dramateurs at the Barn in Jeffersonville opened its latest offering, A PIECE OF MY HEART by Shirley Lauro on Friday, October 1. This is the story of six women who go to Vietnam for…
The latest offering by the Dramateurs at the Barn in Jeffersonville is THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA by Craig Lucas and Adam Guettel. It provides an interesting twist on the classic “boy meets girl” story,…
The Dramateurs at the Barn Playhouse opened their latest offering, THE PRODUCERS by Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan on June 11. THE PRODUCERS is the story of a has-been Broadway producer, Max Bialystock, his partner…
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