The Caucasian Chalk Circle
Opening Night: February 18, 2010
Closing: March 14, 2010
Theater: 37 Arts Theatre
In the land of Caucasus, a servant girl saves the life of an abandoned baby boy. But when the wealthy mother returns to claim him, their fates lie in the hands of a wily, unpredictable judge whose concern for the poor is rivaled only by his concern for saving his own hide.
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March 2, 2010
Bertolt Brecht, that famous game changer of the 20th-century theater, often seems to be more honored in theory than in practice, at least in America. This German playwright, poet and thinker fills a fat chapter in any academic history of drama, and his staging innovations have influenced writers and directors too numerous to mention. Certainly no one would dispute his right to his own adjective.
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