Celebrating the return to live theatre in South Africa, Marcel Puig s extraordinary play
Kiss of the Spider Woman, directed by the multi-award-winning Sylvaine Strike, is on at The Baxter Golden s Arrow Studio in Cape Town from 5 to 19 June 2021.
Forty-five years since it was first penned in Spanish,
Kiss of the Spider Woman weaves an alluring exploration of sexual and societal norms, examining the power of escapism through the imagination and magnifying the web that it is woven between identity and sexuality.
It has captured the attention of audiences for its romantic drama, political outcry and postmodern style portrayed through its two characters, Molina and Valentin. It was adapted for the stage in 1983. The 1985 film version of the play, starring William Hurt and Raul Julia, also received widespread critical acclaim.
NEW LEBANON, N.Y. â The Theater Barn begins its 37th season this weekend with something itâs never done before â a staged reading of a new play. The way producing artistic director Allen Phelps sees it, this first staged reading wonât be the last.
The play, âWe the People,â began Thursday, June 3, and continues Friday evening at 8, Saturday, at 4 and 8 p.m. and Sunday afternoon at 2. Itâs the creation of 20-year-old novice playwright Harrison Zeiberg, a history and politics major at Wheaton College in Norton, Mass. It is set at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787. The play won a national playwriting competition and was produced, as a reading, at the 2020 New Works Festival.
LGBTQ-themed programming hits the airwaves in abundance as FX/Hulu, Lifetime, Revry and PBS share new and classic films, documentaries, concerts, and even a virtual reality nightclub party.