Reading Sara Gruen’s Ape House, I was reminded of one April Fool’s Day when my daughters were 6 and 4. I got up in the morning and excitedly called them: “Come quick, our cat Mittens is talking!” Their astonished but not disbelieving faces as they rushed into the living room, expecting to hear our housecat opine for tuna rather than Meow Mix delighted me, and we all ended … [Read more...]
Smart ‘Farragut North’ gets crisp production at GableStage
Anyone who has heard artistic director Joe Adler’s impassioned, rambling introductory remarks at GableStage knows he cannot repress his views on politics. So he understandably could not resist bringing Beau Willimon’s backroom, back-stabbing campaign morality play, Farragut North, to his audience. First seen off-Broadway in late 2008, just after the presidential election, the … [Read more...]