Monthly Archives: June 2014

Purposeful

Posted on June 29, 2014 by Wendy Lesser

The Old Woman is many things, but a linear narrative in dramatic form it is not. Adapted from a Daniil Kharms story by Darryl Pinckney and staged by Robert Wilson, this astonishingly inventive production, now playing at BAM, is faithful … Continue reading →

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Impromptu

Posted on June 28, 2014 by Wendy Lesser

I might be wrong, but I think it was Alan Ayckbourn who said that when he was very young and first going to the theater, he always hoped that something would go wrong, because that would lend any performance an … Continue reading →

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Four Nights of Music

Posted on June 22, 2014 by Wendy Lesser

The Bay Area has been a hotbed of concerts recently, and I’ve been out four nights in a row to something good. This would be a record of sorts even for New York, and in my part of California it’s … Continue reading →

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