Sex. Have I got your attention now? Under a new artistic administration headed by Keith Garsson, The Theatre at Arts Garage opens its new season with an attention-grabbing play called Sex with Strangers by Laura Eason, a staff writer for Netflix’s House of Cards. While the title is hardly misleading — the opening scene and several others end with the play’s two characters … [Read more...]
‘Liaisons’: Fifty shades of sex, power and betrayal
In 1782, French novelist Pierre Choderlos de Laclos wrote Les Liaisons Dangereuses, a nasty tale of sex, lies and belles lettres, which became an instant best seller. You could call it the Fifty Shades of Grey of its day. In 1985, Christopher Hampton adapted the tale of Vicomte de Valmont and the Marquise de Merteuil, former lovers who embark on a mutual challenge of seduction … [Read more...]