Wispy, vibrant flowers surrounded the seats at the Ethel M. Barber Theater Friday night, immersing the audience of “How to Know the Wild Flowers: A Map” in an interactive natural experience. With cool air blowing into the crowd, wind sound effects whistling overhead and stark lighting, the environment closely resembled a prairie, the play’s sole.
When three Broadway has-beens and a never-was combine forces to save their careers and a midwestern lesbian’s prom experience, chaos is bound to ensue. This is the gist of the Virginia Wadsworth Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts’ latest production, “The Prom,” which opened Nov. 10. The concept makes for an uproarious comedy but not.
This piece contains spoilers. A giant guillotine. An assassination plot. Comedy, companionship and sorrow. “The Revolutionists” had it all. The two-act play written by Lauren Gunderson ran last weekend at the Hal & Martha Hyer Wallis Theater. The play takes place during the French Revolution’s Reign of Terror. Based on true stories, it follows four.
The American Music Theatre Project and the Wirtz Center this past weekend premiered “The Battlefields of Clara Barton,” a modern folk-rock musical exploring Barton’s role as a nurse in the Civil War. Playwright Suzan Zeder and composer Jenn Hartmann Luck started developing the musical in 2017, but students at Northwestern, University of Texas at Austin.
The American Music Theatre Project and the Wirtz Center this past weekend premiered “The Battlefields of Clara Barton,” a modern folk-rock musical exploring Barton’s role as a nurse in the Civil War. Playwright Suzan Zeder and composer Jenn Hartmann Luck started developing the musical in 2017, but students at Northwestern, University of Texas at Austin.