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Posters of the Sea and Land
Witches “Posting” over Sea and Land I think that there is a case (given the traditional structures of their respective mediums) to be made for a comparison between William Shakespeare’s Macbeth (c....
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Winding Up the Charm: (Part 1)
Witches from Orson Welles’ Macbeth “The Weird Sisters, hand in hand, Posters of the Sea and Land, thus do go about, about! Thrice to thine, and Thrice to mine, and Thrice again, to make up Nine! Peace!...
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Winding Up the Charm: (Part 2)
Having “Wound Up” their Charm: “Hail Macbeth! Thane of Glamis and Cawdor! That shalt be King hereafter!” In their book The Rede of the Wiccae: Adriana Porter, Gwen Thompson, and the Birth of a...
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Winding Up the Charm: (Part 3)
Hans Baldung’s 1508 “Hexen” For those interested in experimenting with an authentic early 17th century Witches’ Charm: I recommend (with certain cautions) the so-called “Weird Sisters Charm” (well, I...
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2013 Oscar Contenders: Les Miserables
I have written before about my extensive history with Les Miserables. It was The theater geek musical of my high school years, leading me to a pretty intimate knowledge of the...
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Godspell at Mysterium: the joys of being fluffy
There is something so special in all things NEW. We spend our lives operating under assumptions and paradigms that have stuck with us for years. Those old paradigms can be about things as minor as...
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Damn Yankees at Mysterium – Lots of Heart
Every cause has its effect and every effect has its cause. Damn Yankees, the classic musical currently running at Mysterium Theater, explores exactly what happens when one man obliterates the natural...
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A Midsummer Dream at Alchemy
Theater is alchemy. Every production begins with lead: a script. However good the play is, the script is nothing but an empty blueprint, a suggestion of what the play could become in its highest...
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Grease is the Word at Mysterium
Rebellion is a teenage rite of passage. Caught in a strange, awkward stage somewhere between childhood innocence and adult responsibility, teens seek their own identity by pushing against their...
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The Sound of Music and the Magic of Live
On Thursday, NBC aired a live production of the classic musical The Sound of Music. It starred country singer and American Idol winner Carrie Underwood in the iconic role of Maria and True Blood star...
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