'The Elephant Calf' / 'The Trial of Lucullus' The Parrish Players present two rarely-seen, absurdist short plays by Bertolt Brecht, one of the 20th century's fiercest satirists.
'The Silenced Lyre' Lebanon, N.H., writer Steve LeBlanc started writing The Silenced Lyre, a musical adaptation of Eugene Onegin, seminal Russian author Alexander Pushkin’s novel in verse, more than 20 years ago. Now, this massive project finally sees the stage, courtesy of community theater troupe the Parish Players. The Victorian-era tragedy follows a conceited St. Petersburg dandy whose rejection of a young, lovestruck woman sets in motion a series of events that ends with heartbreak, murder and ruin. Stunning choreography and a sweeping score played by a live eight-piece orchestra complete the period-piece picture.
When I think of country music, the classic line from The Blues Brothers comes to mind: “We’ve got both kinds of music: country and western.” That quip is perfect in the way it captures the blinkered nature of an artform that seems incapable of.