I’ve covered arts and entertainment and written humor columns at The Day for almost a quarter-century. What I’ve learned is how privileged I’ve been to explore for readers an incredibly diverse, active, and creative cultural area – from local music clubs, galleries and museums to numerous nationally famous authors, performance organizations and the array of talent that flows through the Garde Arts Center, and Mohegan Sun and Foxwoods casinos, and much more.
Rick Koster
I’ve covered arts and entertainment and written humor columns at The Day for almost a quarter-century. What I’ve learned is how privileged I’ve been to explore for readers an incredibly diverse, active, and creative cultural area – from local music clubs, galleries and museums to numerous nationally famous authors, performance organizations and the array of talent that flows through the Garde Arts Center, and Mohegan Sun and Foxwoods casinos, and much more.
Published December 31. 2020 4:36PM | Updated December 31. 2020 4:51PM Get the weekly rundown Email Submit
Flock Theatre will be showing Samuel Beckett’s one-man drama Krapp’s Last Tape live online for four nights, Jan. 14-17.
On a “late evening in the future,” Krapp, played by Christie Max Williams, begins his yearly birthday ritual of recording an audio diary of the previous 12 months on his reel-to-reel tape recorder. Before making his recording, however, the 69-year-old Krapp digs out and reviews a tape recorded by a 39-year-old Krapp. The elder Krapp listens, laments, pauses and rewinds portions of the tape, occasionally chuckling along with the younger Krapp s musings on another even younger 29-year old iteration of Krapp. The audience is welcomed into Krapp’s mind as he reviews and responds to the worries and aspirations of his younger selves, and we watch in real time as he realizes what became of those dreams he once had.